Shoreline change of Chongming Dongtan and response to river sediment load: A remote sensing assessment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 511, Issue , 2014, Pages 432-442

  Li, Xing ^a,b   Zhou, Yunxuan ^b   Zhang, Lianpeng ^a   Kuang, Runyuan ^c  

^a JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chongming Dongtan; Dam; Remote sensing; Sediment load; Shoreline change; Yangtze River delta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894294300     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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