Sinking deltas due to human activities

JPM Syvitski, AJ Kettner, I Overeem, EWH Hutton… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
Many of the world's largest deltas are densely populated and heavily farmed. Yet many of
their inhabitants are becoming increasingly vulnerable to flooding and conversions of their …

Impacts of the dam-orientated water-sediment regulation scheme on the lower reaches and delta of the Yellow River (Huanghe): A review

H Wang, X Wu, N Bi, S Li, P Yuan, A Wang… - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
The water-sediment regulation scheme (WSRS), beginning in 2002, is an unprecedented
engineering effort to manage the Yellow River with the aims to mitigate the siltation both in …

Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges–Brahmaputra tidal delta plain

LW Auerbach, SL Goodbred Jr, DR Mondal… - Nature Climate …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The Ganges–Brahmaputra river delta, with 170 million people and a vast, low-lying
coastal plain, is perceived to be at great risk of increased flooding and submergence from …

Human influence and the changing geomorphology of Mediterranean deltas and coasts over the last 6000 years: From progradation to destruction phase?

EJ Anthony, N Marriner, C Morhange - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The present geomorphology of the Mediterranean's coasts is largely a product of an intricate
long-term relationship between Nature and human societies. A cradle of ancient …

[引用][C] Coastal geomorphology: an introduction

E Bird - Jon Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2008 - books.google.com
Coastal Geomorphology, Second Edition is a comprehensive and systematic introduction to
this subject and demonstrates the dynamic nature of coastal landforms, providing a …

Effective sea-level rise and deltas: Causes of change and human dimension implications

JP Ericson, CJ Vörösmarty, SL Dingman… - Global and Planetary …, 2006 - Elsevier
An assessment is made of contemporary effective sea-level rise (ESLR) for a sample of 40
deltas distributed worldwide. For any delta, ESLR is a net rate, defined by the combination of …

Stepwise decreases of the Huanghe (Yellow River) sediment load (1950–2005): Impacts of climate change and human activities

H Wang, Z Yang, Y Saito, JP Liu, X Sun… - Global and Planetary …, 2007 - Elsevier
The sediment load delivered from the Huanghe (Yellow River) to the sea has decreased
sharply to 0.15× 109 metric tons per year (0.15 Gt/yr) between 2000 and 2005, and now …

Wave‐influenced deltas: Geomorphological implications for facies reconstruction

JP Bhattacharya, L Giosan - Sedimentology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A process‐based facies model for asymmetric wave‐influenced deltas predicts
significant river‐borne muds with potentially lower quality reservoir facies in prodelta and …

Marsh processes and their response to climate change and sea-level rise

DM FitzGerald, Z Hughes - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
In addition to their being vital components of mid-to high-latitude coastal ecosystems, salt
marshes contain 0.1% of global sequestered terrestrial carbon. Their sustainability is now …

Stratigraphic evolution of the late Holocene Ganges–Brahmaputra lower delta plain

MA Allison, SR Khan, SL Goodbred Jr, SA Kuehl - Sedimentary Geology, 2003 - Elsevier
Sediment cores from the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh were examined for
sedimentological character, clay mineralogy, elemental trends (C, N, S), and 14C …