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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Short-term effects of polyacrylamide application on soil detachment capacity in rills of deforested hillslopes: A flume experiment
Available online 5 August 2025
Very few studies have explored the effectiveness of polyacrylamide (PAM) application on soil in mitigating rill erosion, especially in deforested environments. This study has measured the soil detachment...
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Controls on channel morphodynamics in the Yellow River Estuary: Insights from a multi-method assessment under an evolving multi-channel regime
Available online 30 July 2025
The Yellow River Estuary (YRE) in China has transitioned to a complex multi-channel regime since 2013, making understanding terminal channel morphodynamics crucial for effective water and sediment management....
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Investigating temporal scour hole variations: A comparative study of hybrid CatBoost models and experimental data
Available online 30 July 2025
The scour hole caused by 3-dimensional wall jets (3DWJ) is a serious problem downstream of dams and power stations. The current study utilized a newly created hybrid machine learning (ML) model to predict...
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Investigation into the existence and genesis of fluid mud in Lake Taihu, China
Available online 29 July 2025
Fluid mud, characterized by a bulk density < 1.2 g/cm3, has various adverse environmental effects; furthermore, it can pose challenges for maritime navigation, as fluid mud is an important factor for...
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Simulating the water balance of a small lake in the subtropical monsoon region via the stable isotopic technique
Available online 25 July 2025
The isotope tracing method provides a novel way to investigate the underlying mechanisms of water balance. This study focused on Taozi Lake in Changsha, a city in the subtropical monsoon region. We...
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Experimental study on riprap stable size around wing-wall abutments
Available online 24 July 2025
Many experiments were done over a relatively wide range of effective parameters to determine the stable size of riprap stones around wing-wall abutments. The experiments involved five sizes of riprap...
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Sedimentary organic matters within the subtropical mountainous river-estuary-bay continuum: Provenances, fates and implications
Available online 24 July 2025
Deep insight into the spatialtemporal composition and distribution dynamics of suspended particulate organic carbon (POC) and sedimentary total organic carbon (TOC) within the mountainous river-estuary-bay...
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