Reconstruction of eroded and deposited sediment volumes in the floodplains of the embanked River Waal, the Netherlands, for the period 1650 – 1850 AD
The embanked floodplains of the River Waal developed as a result of stepwise downstream migration of meander bends between confining dykes. Accretion in the upstream limb of the outer bend – enhanced by groynes and trees – and erosion in the downstream limb have resulted in a series of successively developed sand bars, separated by secondary channels. On top of the sand bars and the secondary channel fills, fine-grained overbank sediments were deposited. Downstream migration ceased around 1850 AD, when the river bed was fixed by large-scale construction of groynes, and only overbank deposition... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | article in proceedings |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2010 |
| Schlagwörter: | Aardwetenschappen |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29617581 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/208899 |
The embanked floodplains of the River Waal developed as a result of stepwise downstream migration of meander bends between confining dykes. Accretion in the upstream limb of the outer bend – enhanced by groynes and trees – and erosion in the downstream limb have resulted in a series of successively developed sand bars, separated by secondary channels. On top of the sand bars and the secondary channel fills, fine-grained overbank sediments were deposited. Downstream migration ceased around 1850 AD, when the river bed was fixed by large-scale construction of groynes, and only overbank deposition continued.