Evolution of the Jiuduansha wetland and the impact of navigation works in the Yangtze Estuary, China

Geomorphology

Volumn 253, Issue , 2016, Pages 328-339

  Li, Xing ^a   Liu, J Paul ^b   Tian, Bo ^c  

^a JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Engineering works; Estuarine wetland; Geometric characteristics; Geomorphological change; Geostatistics; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL WETLAND; ENGINEERING; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NAVIGATION; REMOTE SENSING;

CHINA; JIUDUANSHA; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84946559980     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.10.031     Document Type: Article

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