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Hydrodynamic and geomorphological transformation of Yangtze estuarine delta under the impact of coastal engineering and climate-induced sea level rise
Joint Event on 5th World Conference on Climate Change & 16th Annual Meeting on Environmental Toxicology and Biological Systems
Cheng H Q and Li J F
NSFC-NWO-EPSRC, CGS, ChinaNSFC-NWO-EPSRC, China
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Environ Pollut Climate Change
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Abstract
Dynamics of flow, sediment and morphology of estuarine deltas worldwide have been profoundly altered by anthropogenic interventions and climate warming since the last century. The Yangzte estuarine delta (YED) is ideal to study such alterations and recent studies there have mostly focused on the impact of Three Gorges Dam. Our new studies and observations show that coastal engineering constructions and climate-induced sea level rise are transforming YED. For the past four decades, we observed local tidal datum rise of 15鈥�43 cm in which climate warming-induced sea level rise accounted for 8 cm. During the same period, the tidal limit has migrated about 220 km upstream to Jiujiang, where it was located more than 2000 years ago during the Jin Dynasty. Since 2013, a unique shift of bed morphology from a muddy flat bed to a dune bed made of coarse silt also appeared in the channels of estuarine turbidity maximum. These results have global implications in formulating strategies to combat the combined effects of climate change and other human interventions driven by coastal development needs.Biography
E-mail: hqch@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn
