Evolution of abandoned deltaic river channel−A case from the Diaokou channel of the Yellow River

WU Xiao; FAN Yongyong; WANG Houjie; BI Naishuang; XU Congliang; ZHANG Yong; LIU Jingpeng; LU Taian

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020070101

2021 Vol. 41, No. 2

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WU Xiao, FAN Yongyong, WANG Houjie, BI Naishuang, XU Congliang, ZHANG Yong, LIU Jingpeng, LU Taian. Evolution of abandoned deltaic river channel−A case from the Diaokou channel of the Yellow River[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2021, 41(2): 22-29. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020070101

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WU Xiao, FAN Yongyong, WANG Houjie, BI Naishuang, XU Congliang, ZHANG Yong, LIU Jingpeng, LU Taian. Evolution of abandoned deltaic river channel−A case from the Diaokou channel of the Yellow River[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2021, 41(2): 22-29. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020070101

Evolution of abandoned deltaic river channel−A case from the Diaokou channel of the Yellow River

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College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Technique, Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266100,China
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State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics (Second Institute of Oceanography, SOA), Hangzhou 310012,China
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Institute of the Yellow River Estuarine and Coastal Science, Dongying 257000, China
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Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geological Survey, Qingdao 266071,China

Received Date: 01 July 2020

Revised Date: 31 July 2020

Publish Date: 28 April 2021

Abstract

Abstract

Abandoned channels are one of the major components of a deltaic system, which contains valuable information related to tectonism, hydrology, sea-level fluctuation and environmental changes of the catchment. Comparing to the study of filling process of abandoned channels on land, which are well studied in the past decades, little research has been devoted to the tidal-dominated abandoned channels. The Diaokou River channel was fully abandoned in 1976 by an artificial construction separating it from the main course of the Yellow River. With the support of landsat images, bathymetric surveys and elevation data of the abandoned Diaokou River channel, the evolution of this tide-dominated abandoned channel is documented in this study. Since abandonment, about 0.3～2.0 meters of filling sediment have deposited in the channel, with along-channel and landward decrease in sedimentation. Marine dynamics is the main force to control the evolution of abandoned channels. The severe erosion near the abandoned channel mouth, as a source of sediments, has made the channel shortening gradually.
- abandoned river channel /
- Diaokou course /
- geomorphological evolution /
- Yellow River delta

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