Causes of long-term bed degradation in rivers
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Meles Siele (TU Delft - Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering)
A Blom (TU Delft - Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering)
R. Frings (RWTH Aachen University)
E. Viparelli (University of South Carolina)
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Abstract
The main
objective of this research is to improve
our understanding of the relative contribution
of the causes of long-term bed degradation
in Rhine and other degrading rivers.
That is, the research is intended to quantify
past channel adjustment processes, mainly
bed degradation and bed surface coarsening
over time and space, and to predict future
trends, in bed elevation and bed surface
texture, resulting from past interventions.