Sediment transport dynamics during a super flood: A case study of the 2010 super flood at the Guddu Barrage on the Indus River
October 2024
Annual sediment load transportation in the Indus River varies from 0.725 to 1.0 Mt/d and varies from 260 to 300 Mt/y. Sediment accumulation upstream of the inline structure (Guddu Barrage) has frequently...
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Feasibility of digital image colorimetric methods for iron determination in river sediment
October 2024
The current study describes the development of simple, low-cost, and high-throughput digital image colorimetric methods to determine the total iron concentration in river sediment using the spot-test...
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Field monitoring of alluvium accumulation in the riverine floodplain of the Oka River, European Russia
October 2024
Sedimentation traps were used to assess the annual surface renewal dynamics of the low floodplain of the Oka River (a major tributary of the Volga River in central European Russia). Trap-mats and platforms...
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Impact of emergent vegetation on three-dimensional turbulent flow properties and bed morphology in a partially vegetated channel
Available online 22 October 2024
The study aimed to explore three-dimensional turbulent flow properties and bed morphology in a partially vegetated channel with sand bed conditions. Presence of flexible vegetation in the river and...
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Chemical composition of sediment and macrozoobenthos of small urban lakes, the Republic of Karelia, Russia
Available online 18 October 2024
Assessing the benthic communities in water bodies under increasing anthropogenic pressure seems to be an urgent task of scientific research aimed at short-term and long-term monitoring of water bodies....
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Flash floods on the northern coast of the Black Sea: Formation and characteristics
Available online 18 October 2024
Flash floods are one of the most dangerous hydrometeorological events in the world. The current study investigates flash floods on the northern Black Sea Coast. The data about stochastic and relatively...
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Impacts of grade control structures on riverbed degradation
Available online 16 October 2024
Sediment flux of many rivers has been significantly reduced due to human activities caused by economic development, leading to increasingly severe riverbed degradation. To prevent riverbed degradation,...
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Source distribution, ecological risks, and controlling factors of heavy metals in river sediments: Receptor model-based study in a transboundary river basin
Available online 15 October 2024
In the context of transboundary rivers, which constitute intricate fluvial ecosystems, the persistent threat of heavy metals (HMs) contamination poses significant risks to ecosystem health. In this...
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Interpreting machine learning models based on SHAP values in predicting suspended sediment concentration
Available online 12 October 2024
Machine learning (ML) has become a powerful tool for predicting suspended sediment concentration (SSC). Nonetheless, the ability to interpret the physical process is considered the main issue in applying...
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Effect of submerged vegetation on hydraulic resistance of ice-covered flows
Available online 10 October 2024
Understanding the hydraulic resistance is vital for river engineering projects that include the installation of in-stream infrastructure, such as bridge abutments, which directly impact flow dynamics...
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Morphological properties of two-dimensional and three-dimensional bedforms in open channel flow: A flume experiments study
Available online 3 October 2024
Bedforms are formed by sediment particles under the action of flow, which in turn affect flow and sediment movement. However, the fundamental mechanisms behind the formation and development of bedforms...
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Vegetation-induced sedimentary structures: Porosity of riparian shrubs as control parameter of sedimentary processes during floods
August 2024
Vegetation-induced sedimentary structures (VISS) are bed features resulting from flow-vegetation feedback and turbulence induced by vegetation at riparian sites. Generally, these sedimentary structures...
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Changes of river regime and waterway downstream of a cascade of reservoirs on the upper Yangtze River
August 2024
The Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoirs, located on the upper Yangtze River, have been operational and the changes in the downstream river regime and waterway conditions have attracted great attention....
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Sustainable systems engineering by CFD modeling of lateral intake flow with flexible gate operations to improve efficient water supply
August 2024
Lateral intakes are very important for diverting a portion of the river flow and providing the proper flow depth. In cases where small dams are used to operate and control the river's water level for...
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A high-resolution water quality model coupled sediment and suspended sediment module
August 2024
Water environment numerical models considering detailed hydrodynamic processes are effective tools to better understand the pollutant transport and transformation mechanisms and the influences of sediment...
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An energy conservation model for the temporal evolution of local scour depth at bridge piers during floods
August 2024
Local scour at piers is one of the primary causes of bridge failures. The prediction method for the temporal evolution of local scour depth at bridge piers during floods was investigated based on the...
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Gravel automatic sieving method fusing macroscopic and microscopic characteristics
August 2024
Measuring the grain size distribution (GSD) of unconsolidated particles is critical to understanding coastal spreading, riverbed dynamics, and sediment transport. The current study presents a novel...
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Migration and release potential of nitrogen at the sediment–water interface in lakes in cold and arid regions
August 2024
Lake eutrophication in cold and arid regions is showing a deepening trend in recent years, posing a serious threat to the regional ecological environment. The occurrence characteristics, bioavailability,...
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Efficient detection of ephemeral gully trajectories using topographic index-based approach: Calibration-free for large-scale applications
August 2024
In agricultural landscapes, the use of topographic index (TI) models has been common to predict the presence and extent of ephemeral gullies (EGs). However, these models face two significant challenges:...
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Temporal and spatial evolution characteristics of the current tail channel of the Yellow River: Processes and mechanisms
August 2024
The Qingshuigou Channel, as the current tail channel of the Yellow River, formed by the diversion of the Diaokou River in 1976, has undergone a particularly dramatic spatio-temporal evolution, and its...
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Flow field and sediment passing capacity of type-a piano key weirs
August 2024
In the present era, sedimentation and bed morphology near hydraulic structures is a great concern as it affects the flow configuration and reduces the discharge capacity. Experimental investigations...
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Implications of bioturbation induced by Procambarus clarkii on seepage processes in channel levees
August 2024
River levees are subject to bioturbation by various animals which can actively excavate into earthen structures producing an internal erosion that, during the passage of a flood, can grow in time making...
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Grain size characteristics of a degraded Tugai riparian forest landscape between Taklamakan and Kuruktagh deserts in the eastern Tarim Basin, northwest China
August 2024
Grainsize is among the most important parameters in aeolian research as it controls the sediment mobilization and the mode of transport. Therefore, it is a critical parameter for instance in wind erosion...
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Advances in ecohydraulics, sediment transport and morphodynamics: Introduction to the special issue
August 2024
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