Degradation of a Foreland River After the Wenchuan Earthquake, China: A Combined Effect of Weirs, Sediment Supply, and Sediment Mining

Abstract Since the 2008 Wenchuan (Ms. 8.0) Earthquake, the foreland rivers of the Longmen Mountains have suffered from significant bed degradation, among which the Shi‐ting River has experienced the largest local degradation of more than 20 m in 7 years. Potential reasons of the dramatic degradation...

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Main Authors: Yongpeng Lin, Chenge An, Shan Zheng, Ruihua Nie, Gary Parker, Marwan A. Hassan, Matthew J. Czapiga, Xudong Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-10-01
Series:Water Resources Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035345
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