Environmental Science
8 years ago

Floods in Yellow River can naturally discharge sediment without human intervention.

Shuili shuidian ke-ji jinzhan
Sediment discharge by floods of Yellow River without stressing on blocking coarse particles and releasing fine particles
Wang Min

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