Temporal variation of streamflow, sediment load and their relationship in the Yellow River Basin, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Guangju ^a,b   Mu, Xingmin ^a,b   Strehmel, Alex ^c   Tian, Peng ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID INTAKE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SILTATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; STREAM (RIVER); STREAMFLOW; TREND STUDY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; RIVER; WATER FLOW;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84897126519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091048     Document Type: Article

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