Tidal controls on river delta morphology

AJF Hoitink, ZB Wang, B Vermeulen, Y Huismans… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
River delta degradation has been caused by extraction of natural resources, sediment
retention by reservoirs, and sea-level rise. Despite global concerns about these issues …

Is “morphodynamic equilibrium” an oxymoron?

Z Zhou, G Coco, I Townend, M Olabarrieta… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Morphodynamic equilibrium is a widely adopted yet elusive concept in the field of
geomorphology of coasts, rivers and estuaries. Based on the Exner equation, an expression …

River‐tide dynamics: Exploration of nonstationary and nonlinear tidal behavior in the Y angtze R iver estuary

L Guo, M van der Wegen, DA Jay… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
River‐tide dynamics remain poorly understood, in part because conventional harmonic
analysis (HA) does not cope effectively with nonstationary signals. To explore nonstationary …

Resilience of river deltas in the Anthropocene

AJF Hoitink, JA Nittrouer, P Passalacqua… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
At a global scale, delta morphologies are subject to rapid change as a result of direct and
indirect effects of human activity. This jeopardizes the ecosystem services of deltas …

Sediment budget and morphological development of the Dutch Wadden Sea: impact of accelerated sea-level rise and subsidence until 2100

ZB Wang, EPL Elias, AJF van der Spek… - Netherlands Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
The Wadden Sea is a unique coastal wetland containing an uninterrupted stretch of tidal
flats that span a distance of nearly 500km along the North Sea coast from the Netherlands to …

Process regime, salinity, morphological, and sedimentary trends along the fluvial to marine transition zone of the mixed-energy Mekong River delta, Vietnam

M Gugliotta, Y Saito, VL Nguyen, TKO Ta… - Continental Shelf …, 2017 - Elsevier
The fluvial to marine transition zone (FMTZ) is the area of coastal rivers in which
sedimentation is controlled by the interaction of fluvial and marine processes. This study …

Matching trends in channel width, sinuosity, and depth along the fluvial to marine transition zone of tide-dominated river deltas: the need for a revision of depositional …

M Gugliotta, Y Saito - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Along their fluvial to marine transition zone, tide-dominated river deltas show upstream to
downstream trends in channel width, sinuosity, and depth, which at present have been only …

Process-based morphodynamic modeling of the Yangtze Estuary at a decadal timescale: Controls on estuarine evolution and future trends

HL Luan, PX Ding, ZB Wang, JZ Ge - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding the decadal morphodynamic evolution of estuaries and deltas and their
controls is of vital importance regarding management for estuarine function and sustainable …

Quantification of tidal asymmetry and its nonstationary variations

L Guo, ZB Wang, I Townend… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tidal wave deformation and tidal asymmetry widely occur in tidal estuaries and lagoons.
Tidal asymmetry has been intensively studied because of its controlling role on residual …

Sensitivity of various topographic data in flood management: Implications on inundation mapping over large data-scarce regions

MP Mohanty, S Nithya, AS Nair, J Indu, S Ghosh… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Topographic data in the form of digital elevation models (DEMs) play a significant role in
flood management. Despite the increasing availability of DEMs for large regions, there is a …