Environmental Science
8 years ago

Yellow River Delta Coast Erosion Slowing Down, Human Activity Impactful.

Marine Geology Letters
EROSION AND SILTING-UP AND LAND-MAKING RATES OF THE MODERN YELLOW RIVER DELTA COAST
Yin Yan-hong

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