Amplification of downstream flood stage due to damming of fine-grained rivers

Affiliations

Hongbo Ma: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Irvine
Jeffrey A. Nittrouer: Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University
Xudong Fu: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Gary Parker: Department of Geology, University of Illinois
Yuanfeng Zhang: Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research
Yuanjian Wang: Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research
Yanjun Wang: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Michael P. Lamb: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology
Julia Cisneros: Department of Geology, University of Illinois
Jim Best: Department of Geology, University of Illinois
Daniel R. Parsons: Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull
Baosheng Wu: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University

Abstract

Dams constructed on fine-grained rivers cause an increase in flow resistance downstream, thereby amplifying, rather than reducing, flood stage.