Geomorphology of a Recurring Tidal Sandbar in the estuary of the Colorado River, Mexico: Implications for restoration

Nelson, Steven M.; Zamora-Arroyo, Francisco; Ramírez‐Hernández, Jorge; Santiago-Serrano, Edith

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.095

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“…Projecting a Gulf of California tidal influence nearly 60 km inland to the Blythe basin is not unreasonable. The historical tidal range on the modern Colorado River estuary is ~10 m, and tidal influences are observable 50 km upstream (Thompson, 1968;Nelson et al, 2013;Zamora et al, 2013). This distance is comparable to the distance between the southern Blythe basin and Yuma (Fig.…”

Section: Reconciling Marine Sedimentology In a Lacustrine Environmentmentioning

confidence: 77%

Freshwater plumes and brackish lakes: Integrated microfossil and O-C-Sr isotopic evidence from the late Miocene and early Pliocene Bouse Formation (California-Arizona) supports a lake overflow model for the integration of the lower Colorado River corridor

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Section: Reconciling Marine Sedimentology In a Lacustrine Environmentmentioning

confidence: 77%

Freshwater plumes and brackish lakes: Integrated microfossil and O-C-Sr isotopic evidence from the late Miocene and early Pliocene Bouse Formation (California-Arizona) supports a lake overflow model for the integration of the lower Colorado River corridor

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“…By dictionary definition, "the geographical future" is a place, landscape or Region without objects. During AD 2012, the USA and Mexico concluded a bilateral agreement to restore the Colorado River Delta [11][12]. This enshrined international concord typifies the stale-minded thinking ever-present in the two-international border-separated political and academic conversational circles, unfortunately hosted by somewhat confused and ill-informed Californians and Mexicans, focused upon the extant disgusting, horrendously low-environmental sustainability status so-called Salton Sea.…”

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Meteorological Macro-Imagineering: A Re-plumbed Freshwater Supply System for the USA’s Southwest? (Macro-Imagenharia Meteorológica: Um Sistema de Abastecimento de Água Doce para o Sudoeste dos EUA?)

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2019

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“…Sedimentation is one of the most common problems affecting the management of a river channel entrance (Jayappa and Narayana, 2009;Mashriqui 2003;Nylen and Ramel, 2011;Robakiewicz, 2010;Nelson et al, 2013). This complex phenomenon occurs throughout Malaysia under hydraulic conditions as the velocities are low, causing sand and silt to be deposited on the river bed (Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia, 2001).…”

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Numerical modelling approach for the management of seasonal influenced river channel entrance

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Ocean & Coastal Management

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a b s t r a c tThe dynamic nature of a river channel entrance is commonly seasonal dependant. This is evidenced in the topography of river channel entrances in East Coast of Borneo which is influenced by both North East (NE) and South West (SW) monsoons on top of surrounding parameters such as waves and tides, sedimentation as well as climate change. Advanced numerical modelling technique is frequently used as a leading approach to investigate the complicated nature of river channel entrance to well represent actual conditions of a designated area. This paper presented a mesoscale numerical modelling method by integrating reductionist and reduced complexity model approach along with local seasonal conditions to well represent river channel entrance problem and propose management measures. The model was established with a set of numerical equilibrium equations and calibrated parameters to reflect the features of regional conditions with the combination of local validated modelling parameters. The model had accurately represented the effects of both NE and SW monsoons in terms of hydraulics and sediment dynamics at the Petagas river channel entrance, as verified by site data and satellite imagery. In addition, the accuracy of the model provides confidence in the implementation of improvement measures at the river channel entrance. The improvement scheme includes a training channel and a breakwater in improving flushing capacity, thus preventing sedimentation and upstream flooding, allowing proper navigation through the river. In conclusion, the accurate investigational result from this numerical model had successfully demonstrated its scientific role in solving dynamic river channel entrance, which can serve as a numerical modelling approach for solving similar river channel entrance problems especially in the East Coast of Borneo with predominant inter-annual seasonal variations.

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Geomorphology of a Recurring Tidal Sandbar in the estuary of the Colorado River, Mexico: Implications for restoration

Cited by 17 publications

References 18 publications

Freshwater plumes and brackish lakes: Integrated microfossil and O-C-Sr isotopic evidence from the late Miocene and early Pliocene Bouse Formation (California-Arizona) supports a lake overflow model for the integration of the lower Colorado River corridor

Freshwater plumes and brackish lakes: Integrated microfossil and O-C-Sr isotopic evidence from the late Miocene and early Pliocene Bouse Formation (California-Arizona) supports a lake overflow model for the integration of the lower Colorado River corridor

Meteorological Macro-Imagineering: A Re-plumbed Freshwater Supply System for the USA’s Southwest? (Macro-Imagenharia Meteorológica: Um Sistema de Abastecimento de Água Doce para o Sudoeste dos EUA?)

Numerical modelling approach for the management of seasonal influenced river channel entrance

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