The impact of vegetation on meandering rivers

A Ielpi, MGA Lapôtre, MR Gibling… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The Palaeozoic evolution of land plants revolutionized river geomorphology. However, the
relationships between biotic forcing and channel dynamics are still debated and, as such …

Long-term human-generated alterations of Tagus River: Effects of hydrological regulation and land-use changes in distinct river zones

MR Fernandes, FC Aguiar, MJ Martins, R Rivaes… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Large rivers on the Iberian Peninsula reflect a long-history of human interventions and
natural disturbances in the fluvial corridors and on the surrounding valleys. In this study we …

Parametrization of irregularity of urban morphologies for designing better pedestrian wind environment in high-density cities–A wind tunnel study

Y He, Z Liu, E Ng - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Breezeways are crucial for horizontal urban ventilation. However, their morphologies, which
are highly irregular, still lack investigation. This study aims to gain a categorical …

Considering river structure and stability in the light of evolution: feedbacks between riparian vegetation and hydrogeomorphology

D Corenblit, NS Davies, J Steiger… - Earth Surface …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
River ecological functioning can be conceptualized according to a four‐dimensional
framework, based on the responses of aquatic and riparian communities to …

Salt marsh vegetation promotes efficient tidal channel networks

WS Kearney, S Fagherazzi - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Tidal channel networks mediate the exchange of water, nutrients and sediment between an
estuary and marshes. Biology feeds back into channel morphodynamics through the …

Remotely-sensed planform morphologies reveal fluvial and tidal nature of meandering channels

A Finotello, A D'Alpaos, M Bogoni, M Ghinassi… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Meandering channels extensively dissect fluvial and tidal landscapes, critically controlling
their morphodynamic evolution and sedimentary architecture. In spite of an apparently …

Effects of riparian plant roots on the unconsolidated bank stability of meandering channels in the Tarim River, China

GA Yu, Z Li, H Yang, J Lu, HQ Huang, Y Yi - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
Meandering channels with highly sinuous and distorted bends have developed along the
middle and lower reaches of the Tarim River in northwestern China. Riverbanks composed …

Modeling meander morphodynamics over self‐formed heterogeneous floodplains

M Bogoni, M Putti, S Lanzoni - Water Resources Research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This work addresses the signatures embedded in the planform geometry of meandering
rivers consequent to the formation of floodplain heterogeneities as the river bends migrate …

Impact of CaSO4-rich soil on Miocene surface preservation and Quaternary sinuous to meandering channel forms in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

B Ritter, JL Diederich-Leicher, SA Binnie, FM Stuart… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Atacama Desert is the driest and oldest desert on Earth. Despite the
abundance evidence for long-term landscape stability, there are subtle signs of localised …

The life of a meander bend: Connecting shape and dynamics via analysis of a numerical model

J Schwenk, S Lanzoni… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Analysis of bend‐scale meandering river dynamics is a problem of theoretical and
practical interest. This work introduces a method for extracting and analyzing the history of …