Temporal bed level variations in the Yangtze tidal flats (abstract)

Title

Temporal bed level variations in the Yangtze tidal flats (abstract)

 Author

Yan, H.
Van Prooijen, B.C.

Faculty

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

 Department

Hydraulic Engineering

 Date

2013-06-09

 Abstract

The Yangtze River is one of the largest rivers in the world and the longest one in Asia. Its estuary forms an important entrance for shipping, but is also a key ecological system. Especially the inter-tidal flats are valuable habitats. The health and integrity of the estuarine tidal flat are however under pressure due to anthropogenic influences upstream (e.g. the Three Gorges Dam) and in the estuary (navigation works). The processes responsible for the dynamics of tidal flats are still not fully understood. Although it is clear that tides, river run-off and waves steer the sediment transport, the full non-linear interaction needs further research. In this paper, the seasonal variation of the bed level is analysed, using a data set of tides, wind and river run-off.

 To reference this document use:

https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:2b07bfc5-c2d7-4afd-9ace-1ee02e1d7494

 Publisher

IAHR

 ISBN

978-7-89444-548-3

 Source

RCEM 2013: 8th Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Santander, Spain, 9-13 June 2013

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

conference paper

 Rights

(c) 2013 The Author(s)
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