@article{1438871,
      recid = {1438871},
      author = {Dai, Zhijun,},
      title = {Changjiang riverine and estuarine hydro-morphodynamic  processes : in the context of Anthropocene Era /},
      pages = {1 online resource (374 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis  of the morphodynamic process of the Changjiang River from  upstream to estuary in the Anthropocene. As the longest  river in China, the Changjiang River has nurtured Chinese  civilization with ample natural resources for thousands of  years. Evidence highlights that the Changjiang River has  experienced intensive human interference and indicated  dramatic changes in the Anthropocene, including "no flood  in flood season, no dry in dry season" in discharge; "less  flood in flood season, more dry in dry season" in sediment;  riverbed shifts from accretion to erosion; lakes in the  middle-lower reach turn from sediment sink to source;  estuarine tidal flat exhibits self-organization  characteristics and maintains the current accretion state;  estuarine branches that connect to the sea show district  morphodynamic patterns; and depocenters of the submerged  delta indicate periodic shifts. The book stresses that dam  construction upstream, practically the Three Gorges Dam,  the world's largest hydraulic engineering project, has  significant influences on the hydrology and geomorphology  of the middle-lower reach but has a slight effect on  estuarine delta development. The geomorphological structure  of the estuarine channel is dominated by local land  reclamation, navigation, and dredging. This book clarifies  the river-estuary morphodynamics of the Changjiang River  and indicates the general features of global mega rivers  under human interference as well as their own response  mechanisms. This book also exhibits the potential risk of  river-estuary deltas in the future, as both material and  dynamics are experiencing acceleration adjustment},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1438871},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3771-1},
}