Cumulative sediment trapping by reservoirs in large river basins: A case study of the Yellow River basin

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 308-319

  Ran, Lishan ^a   Lu, X X ^a,c   Xin, Zhongbao ^b   Yang, Xiankun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Reservoirs; Sediment load; Sediment trapping efficiency; Sedimentation; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

CHECK DAM; CONSTRUCTION HISTORY; DATA SETS; DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; FIELD SAMPLING; LARGE RIVERS; RESERVOIR OPERATION; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTS; RIVER BASINS; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SLOPING LAND; STORAGE CAPACITY; SUBBASINS; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84870851766     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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