Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth's orbit affected not only the climate, but ...

Ocean currents determine the structure of the deep-sea ocean floor and the transport of sediments, organic carbon, nutrients and pollutants. In flume-tank experiments, researchers have simulated how ...

Clay minerals are a major constituent of the earth's surface and are mainly found in the sediments of lakes, rivers and oceans. The properties of clay and claystone crucially depend on how the tiny ...

The Zambezi River carrying sediment downstream. Free-flowing rivers are generally not included among lists of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). However, rivers that carry a natural sediment load are ...

A new IAEA Coordinated Research Project (CRP), entitled Development of Radiometric Methods and Modelling For Measurement of Sediment Transport in Coastal Systems and Rivers, will investigate how ...

Special Issue No. 91: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3rd INTERNATIONAL WATER SAFETY SYMPOSIUM IWSS 2018 (SUMMER 2019), pp. 246-250 (5 pages) Published By: Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. Dredged ...

Seen from above, the world's greatest rivers can be recognized by their serpentine curves. But how do these shapes form, do they alter over time and does this matter? We turned to our river system ...

Lake Powell • As the Colorado River approaches the still waters of Lake Powell, the pace of the current quickens. Chains of standing waves form out of nowhere, grow in size until they are capped with ...

The St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean have a dynamic relationship, with the ocean's tides influencing roughly half the river's length. The St. Johns River acts as a sediment trap, impacting sand ...