Comparative contribution of planted and natural forest to sediment yield using biological indicators of TOC and n-alkanes
Available online 1 October 2025
Understanding sediment sources and budgeting is crucial for effective watershed management and soil conservation. This study employs n-alkanes as biomarkers to trace sediment origins in a small watershed...
Suspended sediment concentration within submerged vegetation canopies: An improved method
Available online 29 September 2025
1Aquatic vegetation plays a crucial role in regulating sediment transport and maintaining the stability of aquatic ecosystems. To investigate the turbulence structure and suspended sediment distribution...
Grain size distribution and characterization of sedimentary processes of Cox’s Bazar Beach, Bangladesh: Implications for understanding coastal morphodynamics
Available online 26 September 2025
This study aims to investigate the factors influencing modern beach development along the southeastern Bengal Basin coast by analyzing the grain size and heavy mineral (HM) distribution in sediment....
Why did an ancient basin suddenly experience debris flows outbreak and migration in recent 50 years?
Available online 25 September 2025
Tongde Basin, situated on the east edge of Tibetan Plateau, has accumulated substantial deposits of pebble-sand. The uplift of the Tibetan Plateau has initiated incision in the upper reaches of the...
Prediction of scour profiles downstream of grade control structures via the shear stress and sediment bed curvature model
Available online 24 September 2025
A new semianalytical model for the prediction of local scour profiles downstream from typical grade-control structures is proposed on the basis of the variation in bed shear stress and the sediment...
Multidimensional assessment and precision restoration strategies for soil erosion in karst areas: Based on multi-scenario simulation
Available online 2 September 2025
Karst landscapes are plagued by severe soil erosion due to their fractured lithology and complex hydrology, posing persistent challenges to erosion assessment and ecological restoration. However, current...
Prediction of suspended sediment concentration in fluvial flows using novel hybrid deep learning model
August 2025
Accurately predicting suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in fluvial systems is essential for environmental monitoring, flood management, and riverine engineering applications. This study introduces...
Effects of land management practices on runoff and soil and nutrient losses in the rainfed agroecosystem of the Beles River Basin, Ethiopia
August 2025
The Beles River Basin is facing severe soil erosion driven by human-induced activities, leading to significant losses of soil organic carbon (SOC) and nutrients (nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)). Effective...
Transport of suspended sand and mud over a mud-sand bed
August 2025
This study is focused on the experimental and numerical modelling of sand and mud transport over mud-sand beds with percentages of fines (< 63 μm) up to 50% in conditions with currents, waves and combined...
Settling behavior of microplastic hetero-aggregates in aquatic environments with varying salinity
August 2025
The aggregation of microplastics (MPs) with sediments in natural water plays a crucial role in the general deposition and transport of plastic particles. However, the effect of salinity changes on the...
Environmental evolution of coastal regions in northern Beibu Gulf, South China, based on sedimentary elemental records and carbon-nitrogen isotope composition
August 2025
Elucidating the historical variation of biogenic elements and source provenance in coastal areas is crucial to better understand environmental evolution and organize ecological management. In this study,...
Effects of different vegetation litter cover on hydrodynamic characteristics of soil runoff-sediment yield in Taiyi Mountain area of northern China
August 2025
Vegetation litter is effective in mitigating surface soil erosion caused by rainfall and runoff. Studying the runoff, sediment yield, and hydrodynamic characteristics of the soil covered by vegetation...
Can desert phreatophytic trees enhance recharge through sediment-clogged reservoirs of recharge dams in Arabia?
August 2025
Sidr (Christ-thorn) phreatopytic-xerophitic wild trees growing in the reservoir area of the Al-Khoud groundwater recharge/flood protection dam in Muscat (Oman) were surveyed. Trees’ loci, heights and...
Identifying the effects of climate change on discharge and sediment transport in a typical alpine basin
August 2025
Global-scale changes in precipitation and temperature lead to regional variations in the hydrologic cycle. Understanding the impacts of climate change on discharge and sediment processes is crucial...
Performance of microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) as a local scour countermeasure for offshore wind turbine monopile foundation
August 2025
Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is an emerging method for mitigating scour and erosion. The present study experimentally investigates the efficacy of MICP as a local scour countermeasure...
Evaluating critical hydrodynamic characteristics of rill formation on saturated soil slopes
August 2025
As a specific near surface hydrological condition, soil saturation can significantly affect the critical hydrodynamic characteristic and soil erosion rate of rill formation, leading to severe rill erosion....
TOC
August 2025
CFD modeling of movement of geobag for riverbank erosion control structures
August 2025
The erosion of riverbanks led to significant environmental and infrastructure challenges, leading to soil loss, structural damage, and flooding. Since the 1970s, erosion control structures such as geobags...
Analytical simulation of meander morphology from equilibrium to long-term evolution: Impacts of channel geometry and vegetation-induced coarsening
August 2025
This study introduces an innovative approach to modeling meandering river morphology, integrating and investigating the effects of geometric characteristics and vegetation-induced channel coarsening....
Review of soil solidification methods in scour and erosion control
Available online 21 August 2025
This review focuses on the mechanisms and scour resistance of various soil solidification methods used in civil and coastal engineering. Traditional chemical methods, such as ordinary Portland cement...
From single to synthetic PGPR: Exploring the strategies of submerged macrophyte remediation in cadmium polluted sediment
Available online 12 August 2025
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are used to assist phytoremediation. Synthetic PGPR can adapt to diverse sediment environments more effectively than single PGPR. However, their mechanisms...
Soil texture and exchangeable ions primarily control soil erosion resistance in estuaries of Laizhou Bay
Available online 9 August 2025
Estuaries are irreplaceable ecological habitats and the primary deposition areas for sediment and pollutants from rivers. However, many estuaries are subject to an elevated risk of soil erosion owing...
Turbulence structure and near-wall suppression in equilibrium and nonequilibrium sediment transport: An experimental study
Available online 8 August 2025
Sediment transport in open channels plays a significant role in shaping turbulent flow structures, influencing sediment dynamics and flow resistance. Transport regimes are classified into equilibrium,...
Evaluating the potential of remediated dredged sediments as a growth medium for landscape plants: Effects of soil amendments and heavy metal uptake
Available online 5 August 2025
This study investigated the potential application of dredged sediments as a medium for cultivating landscape plants, assessing plant performance in contaminated dredged sediment (CDS) and remediated...
Determination of the most suitable artificial neural network method for sediment estimation in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
Available online 5 August 2025
In studies on water resources planning and management, regular and complete hydrological data such as streamflow and sediment data are needed. Since the existing data generally do not fully reflect...
