Long-term sediment decline causes ongoing shrinkage of the Mekong megadelta, Vietnam.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
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Date de publication:
15 05 2020
15 05 2020
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received:
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02
2020
accepted:
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04
2020
entrez:
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5
2020
pubmed:
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5
2020
medline:
18
5
2020
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epublish
Résumé
Since the 1990s the Mekong River delta has suffered a large decline in sediment supply causing coastal erosion, following catchment disturbance through hydropower dam construction and sand extraction. However, our new geological reconstruction of 2500-years of delta shoreline changes show that serious coastal erosion actually started much earlier. Data shows the sandy coast bounding river mouths accreted consistently at a rate of +2 to +4 km
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pubmed: 32415150
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64630-z
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-64630-z
pmc: PMC7228934
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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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eng
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