Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1029/2020WR027822 |
Three‐dimensional flow structures and morphodynamic evolution of microtidal meandering channels | |
A. Finotello; M. Ghinassi; L. Carniello; E. Belluco; M. Pivato; L. Tommasini; A. D’; Alpaos | |
2020-06-20 | |
发表期刊 | Water Resources Research
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出版年 | 2020 |
英文摘要 | The planform evolution of tidal meanders is driven by interactions between channel morphology and periodically‐reversing tidal flows, which feed back into the development of erosional and depositional patterns. However, the paucity of quantitative data has so far undermined detailed analyses about the geomorphic effects of tidal flows within tidal meanders. Here we aim to bond the morphodynamic evolution of tidal meanders with the structure of three‐dimensional flow that shapes them. By means of an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), we have surveyed the flow fields over three different tidal meandering channels in the salt marshes at San Felice (Venice Lagoon, Italy), each characterized by distinct planform morphology and evolutionary dynamics. Mutually‐evasive paths followed by the maximum ebb and flood streamwise velocities determine periodic changes in both the position and orientation of curvature‐induced cross‐stream flows. These secondary flows can be locally disrupted by patches of submerged vegetation, especially in meanders of small size, with direct implications for the morphodynamic evolution of meander bends. The latter is further affected by flow separation in sharp bends. Flow separation effectively reduces channel width, enhancing bank erosion due to increasing flow velocities. Moreover, it creates low‐velocity zones of recirculating flows at both the inner and outer banks, thereby promoting the formation of point‐bars and concave‐bank benches, respectively. By relating 3D flow structure to patterns of channel change, our results provide a first step to unravel the relation between flows and forms within tidal meanders, whose planform characteristics may differ greatly from their fluvial counterparts. |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/276605 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | A. Finotello,M. Ghinassi,L. Carniello,等. Three‐dimensional flow structures and morphodynamic evolution of microtidal meandering channels[J]. Water Resources Research,2020. |
APA | A. Finotello.,M. Ghinassi.,L. Carniello.,E. Belluco.,M. Pivato.,...&Alpaos.(2020).Three‐dimensional flow structures and morphodynamic evolution of microtidal meandering channels.Water Resources Research. |
MLA | A. Finotello,et al."Three‐dimensional flow structures and morphodynamic evolution of microtidal meandering channels".Water Resources Research (2020). |
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