Author(s): Jinyou Lu; Wenyan Zheng
Linked Author(s): Jinyou Lu
Keywords: Yangtze River; Sediment movement; River training; Hydraulic project
Abstract: This paper presents an overview on the progress of sedimentation researches for the Yangtze River over the past 50 years, including water/sediment movement, channel evolution, river training and solutions to sedimentation problems of large hydraulic projects built on the Yangtze. A number of significant problems to be further studied are proposed herein.
Year: 2004