Sediment load change in the Yangtze River (Changjiang): A review

Geomorphology

Volumn 215, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-73

  Dai, S B ^a   Lu, X X ^b,c  

^a CHUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang; Sediment; Sediment load change; Three Gorges Dam; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEDLOAD; CHANNEL FLOW; GRAIN SIZE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84897460476     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.05.027     Document Type: Article

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