Environmental Science
3 years ago

Sediment coarsening in Yellow River delta threatens coastal geomorphic stability.

Frontiers in Marine Science
Sediment Coarsening in Tidal Flats and Stable Coastline of the Abandoned Southern Yellow River Sub-Delta in Response to Fluvial Sediment Flux Decrease During the Past Decades
Lin Zeng, Chao Zhan, Qing Wang, Xianbin Liu, Longsheng Wang, Xueyan Li, Xin Wang, Xiang Yu, Jin‐Zhi Zhang, Buli Cui

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