Reduced sediment transport in the Yellow River due to anthropogenic changes

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 38-41

  Wang, Shuai ^a,b   Fu, Bojie ^a,b   Piao, Shilong ^c,d   Lü, Yihe ^a,b   Ciais, Philippe ^e   Feng, Xiaoming ^a,b   Wang, Yafeng ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISCHARGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84951748522     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2602     Document Type: Article

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