Different fates of the Yangtze and Mississippi deltaic wetlands under similar riverine sediment decline and sea-level rise

HF Yang, SL Yang, BC Li, YP Wang, JZ Wang… - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yangtze River has experienced a sharp sediment decrease as a result of
extensive dam constructions since the 1980s, similar to the sediment decline in the …

Hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA

G Li, K Xu, ZG Xue, H Liu, SJ Bentley - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf …, 2021 - Elsevier
Barataria Bay is a receiving basin for a large Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion scheme in
Louisiana, USA. In this region, data on sediment transport and hydrodynamics are scarce …

A numerical study of sediment dynamics over Sandy Point dredge pit, west flank of the Mississippi River, during a cold front event

N Chaichitehrani, C Li, K Xu, MN Allahdadi… - Continental Shelf …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Sediment transport over Sandy Point dredge pit in the northern Gulf of Mexico
during a cold front event in November 2014 was examined using a finely resolved numerical …

Morphological evolution of a mud-capped dredge pit on the Louisiana shelf: Nonlinear infilling and continuing consolidation

P Robichaux, K Xu, SJ Bentley, MD Miner, ZG Xue - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
Buried sandy paleo-river channels on the continental shelf can be accessed through
dredging for the restoration of beaches and barrier islands which are under the threat of land …

Sediment identification using machine learning classifiers in a mixed-texture dredge pit of Louisiana shelf for coastal restoration

H Liu, K Xu, B Li, Y Han, G Li - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Machine learning classifiers have been rarely used for the identification of seafloor sediment
types in the rapidly changing dredge pits for coastal restoration. Our study uses multiple …

Geomorphic and hydrodynamic impacts on sediment transport on the inner Louisiana shelf

K Xu, J Wang, C Li, SJ Bentley, MD Miner - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
To investigate the interactions among geomorphology, hydrodynamics, and sediment
dynamics on the inner shelf offshore Louisiana, multiple acoustic and optical sensors were …

Dynamic impact of transiting weather systems on coastal currents in the northern Gulf of Mexico

C Li, A Sheremet, W Huang, P Dash, A Katkar… - Deep Sea Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Moving weather systems determine the history of wind variations with patterns as the
systems transit through the ocean. These weather systems are integrated entities that can …

Recent spatio-temporal variations of suspended sediment concentrations in the Yangtze Estuary

H Yang, B Li, C Zhang, H Qiao, Y Liu, J Bi, Z Zhang… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water and sediment are two of the most essential elements in estuaries. Their product,
suspended sediment concentration (SSC), is involved in hydrology, geomorphology and …

Sandy Borrow Area Sedimentation—Characteristics and Processes Within South Pelto Dredge Pit on Ship Shoal, Louisiana Shelf, USA

Z Xue, CA Wilson, KH Xu, SJ Bentley, H Liu - Estuaries and Coasts, 2022 - Springer
Ship Shoal is an inner-shelf submarine shoal with large amounts of restoration quality sand
that was dredged in 2013–2016 for the Caminada Headland Restoration Project in central …

Sediment resuspension and transport in the offshore subaqueous Yangtze Delta during winter storms

M Tian, H Yang, W Zhang, K Xu, B Shi… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Storm-induced episodic sediment redistribution in coastal systems can reshape geomorphic
bodies, disrupt ecosystems, and cause economic damage. However, cold-wave-storm …