New discharge regime of the Huanghe (Yellow River): Causes and implications

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-72

  Yu, Yonggui ^a,b   Wang, Houjie ^a   Shi, Xuefa ^b   Ran, Xiangbin ^b   Cui, Tingwei ^b   Qiao, Shuqing ^b   Liu, Yanguang ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Discharge regime; Human activity; Implication; The Huanghe (Yellow River)

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DISCHARGE; LOESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84885700915     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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