Fluvial sediment supply and relative sea-level rise

Darby, Stephen, Appeaning Addo, Kwasi, Hazra, Sugata, Rahman, Munsur and Nicholls, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-1109 (2019) Fluvial sediment supply and relative sea-level rise. In: Deltas in the Anthropocene. Palgrave Macmillian, Cham, pp. 103-126. ISBN 978-3-030-23516-1

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Abstract

The world’s deltas are facing a sustainability crisis, with many at high risk of being ‘drowned’ as a result of relative sea-level rise. The only factor that can potentially offset relative sea-level rise is the deposition of fluvial sediment on the surface of deltas. As a result, an understanding of trends in fluvial sediment supply to deltas is critical for understanding the potential of different deltas to adapt to the threat of drowning. Here trends of sediment supply to three of the world’s deltas (the Ganges-Brahmaputra, Mahanadi and Volta) are considered and the prospects for the future of these and other deltas discussed, focusing on how human activity can be modified to promote a more sustainable future for at-risk deltas.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty \ School:	University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2019 02:42
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2023 20:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/73316
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-030-23517-8_5

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