کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5765371 | 1413069 | 2016 | 12 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Large infrequently operated river diversions for Mississippi delta restoration
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کلمات کلیدی
زمین باتلاقی، دلتای میسیسیپی، انحرافات رودخانه، تغییر آب و هوا، کمبود انرژی،
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه
علوم زمین و سیارات
زمین شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی
Currently the Mississippi delta stands as a highly degraded and threatened coastal ecosystem having lost about 25% of coastal wetlands during the 20th century. To address this problem, a $50 billion, 50-year restoration program is underway. A central component of this program is reintroduction of river water back into the deltaic plain to mimic natural functioning of the delta. However, opposition to diversions has developed based on a number of perceived threats. These include over-freshening of coastal estuaries, displacement of fisheries, perceived water quality problems, and assertions that nutrients in river water leads to wetland deterioration. In addition, growing climate impacts and increasing scarcity and cost of energy will make coastal restoration more challenging and limit restoration options. We address these issues in the context of an analysis of natural and artificial diversions, crevasse splays, and small sub-delta lobes. We suggest that episodic large diversions and crevasses (>5000Â m3Â sâ1) can build land quickly while having transient impacts on the estuarine system. Small diversions (<200Â m3Â sâ1) that are more or less continuously operated build land slowly and can lead to over-freshening and water level stress. We use land building rates for different sized diversions and impacts of large periodic inputs of river water to coastal systems in the Mississippi delta to conclude that high discharge diversions operated episodically will lead to rapid coastal restoration and alleviate concerns about diversions. Single diversion events have deposited sediments up to 40Â cm in depth over areas up to 130-180Â km2. This approach should have broad applicability to deltas globally.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science - Volume 183, Part B, 20 December 2016, Pages 292-303
Journal: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science - Volume 183, Part B, 20 December 2016, Pages 292-303
نویسندگان
John W. Day, Robert R. Lane, Christopher F. D'Elia, Adrian R.H. Wiegman, Jeffrey S. Rutherford, Gary P. Shaffer, Christopher G. Brantley, G. Paul Kemp,