Sediment discharge of the Yellow River, China: Past, present and future—A synthesis

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Ren, Mei’e ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; sediment budget; sediment retention; transport patterns; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922998722     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: 18691099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13131-015-0619-6     Document Type: Article

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