Linking rapid erosion of the Mekong River delta to human activities

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Anthony, Edward J ^a,b   Brunier, Guillaume ^a,b   Besset, Manon ^a,b   Goichot, Marc ^c   Dussouillez, Philippe ^a,b   Nguyen, Van Lap ^d  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c Sustainable Hydropower and River Basin Management   (Viet Nam)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING INDUSTRY; CHINA; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UTILIZATION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; POWER PLANTS; RIVERS;

EID: 84943591337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14745     Document Type: Article

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