The impact of silt trapping in large reservoirs on downstream morphology: The Yangtze River

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 691-707

  Van Maren, Dirk Sebastiaan ^a,b   Yang, Shi Lun ^c   He, Qing ^c  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Morphodynamics modeling; Reservoir siltation; Silt; Three Gorges Dam; Tidal flats; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

MORPHODYNAMICS; RESERVOIR SILTATIONS; THREE GORGES DAM; TIDAL FLAT; YANGTZE RIVER;

DAMS; DEPOSITION RATES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MORPHOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TIDES; WETLANDS;

SILT;

DEPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE; MORPHODYNAMICS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RIVER BED; SILT; SILTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL FLAT;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE ESTUARY; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84878904679     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-013-0622-4     Document Type: Article

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