Embankment lowering and natural self-recovery improves river-floodplain hydro-geomorphic connectivity of a gravel bed river.
| Title: | Embankment lowering and natural self-recovery improves river-floodplain hydro-geomorphic connectivity of a gravel bed river. |
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| Authors: | Addy S; The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK. Electronic address: stephen.addy@hutton.ac.uk.; Wilkinson ME; The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK. |
| Source: | The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2021 May 20; Vol. 770, pp. 144626. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 12. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 0330500 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-1026 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00489697 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Total Environ Subsets: MEDLINE; PubMed not MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Amsterdam, Elsevier. |
| Abstract: | Floodplain reconnection can potentially improve the hydrogeomorphology of river corridors and attenuate flood peaks. However, empirical evidence of its effectiveness - needed to inform future restoration - is limited. A 70 m long flood embankment was lowered on the upper River Dee, a medium sized gravel bed river in north-east Scotland to reconnect a backwater and floodplain. Comparison of two years pre- and three years of post-restoration hydro-geomorphic monitoring, shows the lowering and subsequent adjustment, assisted by several floods including a |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Floodplain; Geomorphology; Hydrology; River restoration |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20210131 Date Completed: 20210317 Latest Revision: 20210317 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144626 |
| PMID: | 33517009 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
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