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Integrating field observations and numerical-modeling results, this work quantifies the sedimentary and morphological changes of the Po River (Italy) upstream of the Isola Serafini dam to investigate the impact of dam-induced backwater on river morphodynamics.
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This study provides a clear picture of the river evolution in response to the construction of a hydropower dam that may be of help in predicting how other fluvial systems will respond to future human interventions. Moreover, the result of how changes in base level and oscillations in water surface profile (backwater and drawdown) control river hydro-morphodynamics and sediment transport may provide new insights when reconstructing ancient fluvial and deltaic sequences.
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This page is a summary of: River Morphodynamic Evolution Under Dam-Induced Backwater: An Example from the Po River (Italy), Journal of Sedimentary Research, October 2018, Society for Sedimentary Geology,
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2018.61.
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