Redistribution of the suspended sediment at the apex bifurcation in the pearl River network, South China

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 170-182

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Du, Jing ^a   Zheng, Jinhai ^a   Wei, Xiaoyan ^a   Zhu, Yuliang ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anthropogenic activities; river network; sand mining; Sediment flux; wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BIFURCATION; BRAIDED RIVER; DAM CONSTRUCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MINING; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 84893256142     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-13-00002.1     Document Type: Article

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