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Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

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PROCESS OF OVERTURNING DUE TO A FLOODWAVE IN AN OXBOW LAKE OF TISZA RIVER



Gábor TÜRK1* László BERTALAN1 Boglárka BALÁZS1, Edina FEHÉRNÉ BARANYAI2 & Szilárd SZABÓ1
1Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1. H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, trkgbr87@gmail.com
1Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1. H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, bertalanlaszlo.geo@gmail.com
1Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1. H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, geogis.bb@gmail.com
1Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1. H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, szaboszilard.geo@gmail.com
2Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1. H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, baranyai.edina@science.unideb.hu
*Corresponding author

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Abstract

Recently, various researches have focused on the environmental condition assessment of oxbow lakes along rivers. In this study we investigated the bed morphology, conductivity and the changes of macro- and microelements in the oxbow, named Kacsa-tó, that was formed by the 45th cutoff on Tisza River, then the results were plotted using GIS softwares. Our aim was to examine the specific electric conductivity and its spatial pattern at the end of the spring flood at 2013. We analyzed water samples collected by a stratified sampling system so as to conclude the extent of overturning. The inflow from the flood resulted lower conductivity values at the extensive SE part than at the distant NW part. Initially the fresh water supply from the flood does not reach the distant parts; thus, the overturning takes place more slowly so the water body replacement of the oxbow occurs constantly. Our results show that at the beginning of the flood the oxbow could be divided into two distinct heterogeneous parts. Based on the conductivity values at time of the measurement, we found that the overturning is not yet complete.
Keywords:
  • conductivity
  • morphology
  • bed
  • morphology
  • Tisza
  • River
  • modelling
  • geoinformatics
  • water
  • quality

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Gábor TÜRK, László BERTALAN, Boglárka BALÁZS, Edina FEHÉRNÉ BARANYAI & Szilárd SZABÓ (2016). PROCESS OF OVERTURNING DUE TO A FLOODWAVE IN AN OXBOW LAKE OF TISZA RIVER

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