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Freeze-Up Ice Jam Formation in the River Bend, a Case Study on the Inner Mongolia Reach of Yellow River
Abstract
Concern has been expressed regarding the impacts of climate change on river ice and ice jam formation in cold regions. Ice jams are easily initiated in bends and narrow channels and cause disasters. In this study, observations and remote sensing monitoring are used to study the freeze-up ice jam formation of bends. Sediment transport and freezing process of the river interact, influencing bed changes profile and sedimentary budget. River ice processes, channel evolution, ice hydro-thermodynamics, and ice jam accumulation are explored. The results show that the channel topography determines the river thalweg, and that the channel elevation interacts with the river ice through sediment transport. The channel shrinkage increases the probability of ice jam, and the sharp bend is prone to ice jam formation. Under the effect of secondary circulation flow in the bend and in the outer bank, the juxtaposed freeze-up and the hummocky ice cover occur in the same location, and frazil ice accumulates under the junction of the main channel and the shoals. Affected by the increase of the hydraulic slope and the velocity downstream, open water reaches develops downstream of the ice accumulation. An open water section is emerged upstream of the bend, due to the ice deposition, and partly cut-off supply of the frazil.
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Shui-Xia Zhao
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Wen-Jun Wang
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Xiao-Hong Shi
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Sheng-Nan Zhao
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Ying-Jie Wu
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Qiang Quan
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Chao Lin
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Wei Li
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- artykuły w czasopismach
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Crystals
no. 11,
ISSN: 2073-4352 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Bibliographic description:
- Zhao S., Wang W., Shi X., Zhao S., Wu Y., Quan Q., Lin C., Szydłowski M., Li W., Kolerski T.: Freeze-Up Ice Jam Formation in the River Bend, a Case Study on the Inner Mongolia Reach of Yellow River// Crystals -Vol. 11,iss. 6 (2021), s.631-
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/cryst11060631
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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