Progradation of the Yellow (Huanghe) River delta in response to the implementation of a basin-scale water regulation program

Geomorphology

Volumn 243, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-74

  Zhou, Yuanyuan ^a   Huang, He Qing ^a   Nanson, Gerald C ^b   Huang, Chong ^a   Liu, Gaohuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Land accretion; River mouth channel; Sediment supply; Shoreline change; Water regulation; Yellow River delta

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AVULSION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DELTA; PROGRADATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; RIVER CHANNEL; SHORELINE CHANGE;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

EID: 84929580453     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.04.023     Document Type: Article

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