The Yangtze River (Changjiang) and the Red River (Song Hong) that originate in highlands of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, two of the largest rivers in East and Southeast Asia in terms of water and sediment discharge into oceans, play a pivotal role in the global biogeochemical cycle. The Yangtze River Delta is located at the west coast of the East China Sea and the Red River delta at the west coast of the Gulf of Tonkin in the South China Sea. Both were initiated during the early to middle Holocene.
There is a growing body of literature on the evolution of the deltas and the neighboring coastal areas, yet the impacts of sea-level and climatic changes, hydrodynamic process, and human activities with high resolution are underacknowledged. In this regard, geologists from China and Vietnam have been carrying out successful cooperative studies on these two deltas underlining sedimentary evolution and hazardous geology during the Holocene.
This Research Topic welcomes Reviews and Original Articles addressing new findings on sedimentary evolution and hazardous geology during the Holocene in the Yangtze River and the Red River Deltas and the neighboring coastal areas.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Sedimentary evolution and stratigraphic records in the deltas and coastal areas under the effect of changes in sea level, climate, sediment sources, sediment dynamics, and human activities
• Source-to-sink processes in the deltas and coastal areas during the Holocene
• Sediment dynamics in the deltas and coastal areas during the present and the Holocene
• Types, distribution, formative mechanisms, and trends of geohazards in the deltas and coastal areas
• Monitoring geohazards in the deltas and coastal areas
The Yangtze River (Changjiang) and the Red River (Song Hong) that originate in highlands of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, two of the largest rivers in East and Southeast Asia in terms of water and sediment discharge into oceans, play a pivotal role in the global biogeochemical cycle. The Yangtze River Delta is located at the west coast of the East China Sea and the Red River delta at the west coast of the Gulf of Tonkin in the South China Sea. Both were initiated during the early to middle Holocene.
There is a growing body of literature on the evolution of the deltas and the neighboring coastal areas, yet the impacts of sea-level and climatic changes, hydrodynamic process, and human activities with high resolution are underacknowledged. In this regard, geologists from China and Vietnam have been carrying out successful cooperative studies on these two deltas underlining sedimentary evolution and hazardous geology during the Holocene.
This Research Topic welcomes Reviews and Original Articles addressing new findings on sedimentary evolution and hazardous geology during the Holocene in the Yangtze River and the Red River Deltas and the neighboring coastal areas.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Sedimentary evolution and stratigraphic records in the deltas and coastal areas under the effect of changes in sea level, climate, sediment sources, sediment dynamics, and human activities
• Source-to-sink processes in the deltas and coastal areas during the Holocene
• Sediment dynamics in the deltas and coastal areas during the present and the Holocene
• Types, distribution, formative mechanisms, and trends of geohazards in the deltas and coastal areas
• Monitoring geohazards in the deltas and coastal areas