Recent evolution of the Mekong Delta and the impacts of dams

2017/10/23 by Xing Li, J. Paul Liu, Paul Liu +2 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biodiversity #Climate change #Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics #Delta #Ecology #Environmental science #Geography #Geological formations and processes #Geology #Geomorphology #Habitat #Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes #Hydropower #Mekong delta #Mekong river #Oceanography #Physical geography #Progradation #River delta #Sediment #Shore #Siltation #Structural basin #Threatened species #Water resource management

paper · doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.10.008

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• Mekong Delta [wikipedia]