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River bank instability from unsustainable sand mining in the lower Mekong River

Christopher Hackney, Stephen E. Darby, Daniel R. Parsons, Julian Leyland, Jim Best, R. E. Aalto, Andrew Nicholas, Robert C. Houseago

2020Nature Sustainability321 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Topics & Concepts

Sand miningBed loadSedimentHydrology (agriculture)Mekong riverEnvironmental scienceRiver bedCurrent (fluid)Sediment transportWater resource managementGeologyGeographyGeomorphologyGeotechnical engineeringMeteorologyOceanographyStructural basinHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesSoil erosion and sediment transportGeological formations and processes