Detection of the three gorges dam influence on the Changjiang (Yangtze River) submerged delta

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dai, Zhijun ^a   Liu, James T ^b   Wei, Wen ^a   Chen, Jiyu ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; FLOODING; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

EID: 84925019139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06600     Document Type: Article

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