Journal article
Will river erosion below the Three Gorges Dam stop in the middle Yangtze?
X Lai, D Yin, BL Finlayson, T Wei, M Li, W Yuan, S Yang, Z Dai, S Gao, Z Chen
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2017
Abstract
The environmental impact of the Three Gorges Dam has been a subject of vigorous academic, political and social debate since its inception. This includes the key issue of post-dam river channel erosion, which was predicted by the feasibility study to extend to the river mouth. In this paper we examine the geomorphic response of the channel of the middle Yangtze for 660 km downstream of the dam. Using data on channel characteristics, bed material and sediment transport, we show that in the decade following the dam closure, pre-dam seasonal erosion has been replaced by year-round erosion, a pattern most marked at the upstream end of the study area. The sediment carrying capacity of the river ch..
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Awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Awarded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
Awarded by SKLEC
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by SKLEC-2017TASK01, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41606109), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2015M581564).