简介：ViathevaluableopportunityoftheThreeGorgesReservoir(TGR)135-mfillinginJune2003,theYangtzedischargeandsuspendedsedimentconcentration(SSC)enteringtheestuaryduringtheperiodfrom15Mayto15July2003wereanalyzedtoexaminetheinstanteffectsofthefillingonthem.TheYangtzedischargeandSSCenteringtheestuaryintheperiodsbefore,duringandafterthefillingclearlyindicatedthreephases:1)thepre-storagephasecharacterizedbynaturalconditions,inwhichtheSSCincreasedwithincreasingwaterdischarge;2)thestoragephase,duringwhichtheSSCdecreaseddramaticallywithdecreasingwaterdischarge;and3)thepost-storagephase,duringwhichboththeSSCandwaterdischargeremainedatrelativelylowlevelsfirstuntiltheendofJune,thentheSSCincreasedgraduallywithincreasingwaterdischarge.ItseemsthatthetimesfortheinstanteffectsofthedecreasingdischargedownstreamfromtheupperYangtzeontheYangtzedischargeandSSCenteringtheestuaryduetotheTGR135-mfillingtotakeplacewereabout5dand1drespectively,whilebothwereabout18dforthoseoftheincreasingdischarge.Thisprobablyreflectsthebufferingandresultantlyhysteresisofthe1800-kmstretchfromtheupperYangtzetotheestuary.TheresultsarehelpfulforscientificandhydrologicalinvestigationoftheYangtzemainstreamdownstreamfromtheTGRDamandoftheestuarineandadjacentcoastalwaters.

简介：Coastlinesareundergoingconstantgeomorphologicchangeswithrespecttotheincidentwaveclimate.Basedonwavesmeasuredat9mwaterdepth,simulationofnearshorewavetransformationisdoneusingREFDIF-1numericalmodelandthenearshorebreakerparametersareestimatedattwomicro-tidalbeachesalongcentralwestcoastofIndia.Modelresultsarevalidatedwithmeasuredvalues.Fromthebreakerparameters,long-shorecurrentandlong-shoresedimenttransportrates(LSTR)arecomputedbyusingsemi-empiricalequations.Estimatedlong-shorecurrentandLSTRareshowingdramaticvariationswithrespecttoseasons.PredominantdirectionofLSTRisobservedtowardsnorthsincetheapproachwavesarefromsouth-westdirectionduringpre-monsoonandpostmonsoon.Duringmonsoonseason,wavesarefromwestsouth-westandresultedinsoutherlytransport.TheestimatedannualnetandgrossLSTRbyCambridgeEnvironmentalResearchConsultants(CERC)attwolocationsareinthesameorderwhereasLSTRestimatedbyWalton&BrunoandKamphuisequationsareshowingdifferentestimationsbecauseofdifferenceinsurf-zonewidthandforeshoreslopebetweenthetwolocations.Formicro-tidalbeacheswithlengthlessthan6km,KamphuisequationisgivingagreeableestimationofLSTR.SensitivityanalysisofLSTRestimateshowsthatcoastalinclinationistheprominentfactorindeterminingLSTRthanincidentwaveangle.

简介：Thisstudydeterminesthepollution,fractionation,andecologicalrisksofsediment-boundheavymetalsfromcoastalecosystemsofftheEquatorialAtlanticOcean.ContaminationFactor(CF),pollutionloadindex(PLI),andgeoaccumulationindex(Igeo)wereusedtoassesstheextentoftheheavymetalpollution,whilethepotentialecologicalriskwasevaluatedusingtherisksassessmentcode(RAC)andH?kansonpotentialecologicalrisk.Theanalysisrevealedconcentrations(mg/g,dw)ofthecadmium(Cd),chromium(Cr),copper(Cu),nickel(Ni),andlead(Pb)insedimentsforwetanddryseasonsvaryfrom4.40-5.08,14.80-21.09,35.03-44.8,2.14-2.28,and172.24-196.39,respectively.Theresultsalsoshowedthatthemetalfractionationpercentagesintheresidual,oxidizable,andreduciblefractionsarethemostsignificant,whiletheexchangeableandcarbonateboundtracemetalsarerelativelylow.TheRACvaluesindicatenoriskforCdandNiandlowriskforothermetalsatallthestudiedsitesduringbothseasons.PotentialecologicalriskanalysisoftheheavymetalconcentrationsindicatesthatCdhadhighindividualpotentialecologicalrisk,whiletheothermetalshavelowriskatallinvestigatedsites.Themulti-elementalpotentialecologicalriskindices(R1)indicatehighecologicalriskinalltheecosystems.

简介：TheEastChinaSea(ECS)isariver-dominatedepicontinentalsea,linkingtheAsiancontinenttothenorthwesternPacificviathelargeriversoriginatingfromTibetanPlateau.TherelevanthugeinfluxofriverinedetritushasdevelopeduniquesedimentarysystemsintheECSduringtheQuaternary,offeringidealterrestrialarchivesforreconstructingQuaternarypaleoenvironmentalchangesandstudyingland-seainteractions.Overall,twocharacteristicriversystemsdominatethesedimentarysystemsandsedimentsourcetosinktransportpatternsintheECS,representedbytheChangjiang(YangtzeRiver)andHuanghe(YellowRiver)forthelargeriversystemandTaiwanriversforthesmallriversystem.Giventhis,thesedimentsderivedfrombothriversystemsbeardistinctfeaturesintermsofparentrocklithology,provenanceweatheringandsedimenttransport.Previousstudiesmostlyfocusoneitherthe‘source’discriminationorthe‘sink’recordsofthesedimentarysystemintheECS,whilethesourcetosinkprocesslinkingthelandandsea,inparticularitstimescale,hasbeenpoorlyunderstood.Hereweintroduceanewly-developeddatingtechnique,the‘comminutionage’method,whichoffersaquantitativeconstraintonthetimescaleofsedimenttransferfromitsultimatesourcetothefinaldepositionalsink.Thisnovelmethodisofgreatsignificanceforimprovingourunderstandingontheearthsurfaceprocessesincludingtectonic-climatedrivenweathering,andsedimentrecyclinginrelationtolandscapeevolutionandmarineenvironmentalchanges.TheapplicationofcomminutionagemethodintheECSwillprovideimportantconstraintsonsedimentsource-to-sinkprocessandmoreevidencesfortheconstructionoflateQuaternarypaleoenvironmentalchangesundertheseuniquesedimentarysystems.更多还原

简介：降雨模拟被进行了在二个耕作惯例学习紫色土的土壤侵蚀过程—轮廓耕作和下坡的耕作。结果证明在二个耕作惯例下面，地表径流能被对数函数公式描述。在降雨的起始的时期，流量的数量与降雨持续时间增加了，20分钟以后，它变得相对不变。土壤侵蚀率的变化过程可以被对数函数公式描述。侵蚀率与降雨持续时间增加了，20分钟以后，它也变得不变。在下坡的耕作状况下面，土壤侵蚀率在轻轻的降雨强度的情况中在轮廓耕作状况下面比那更显著地增加了，并且处于为下坡的耕作和轮廓耕作惯例的侵蚀率没有明显的差别。然而，与增加降雨强度，在下坡的耕作条件下面的土壤侵蚀率能在轮廓耕作条件下面是乘那的超过30。但是这种差别将在大雨的箱子中被归结为某程度。

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简介：Ascientifichypothesisisproposedandpreliminarilyverifiedinthispaper:underthedrivingofseepageflows,theremightbeaverticalmigrationoffine-grainedsoilparticlesfrominteriortosurfaceofseabed,whichisdefinedas‘sub-bottomsedimentpumpaction’inthispaper.FieldexperimentswereperformedtwiceontheintertidalflatoftheYellowRiverdeltatostudythisprocessviabothtrappingthepumpedmaterialsandrecordingtheporepressuresinthesubstrate.Experimentalresultsarequiteinterestingaswedidobserveyellowslurrywhichismainlycomposedoffine-grainedsoilparticlesappearingontheseabedsurface;seepagegradientswerealsodetectedintheintertidalflat,undertheactionoftidesandsmallwindwaves.Preliminaryconclusionsarethat‘sedimentpump’occurswhenseepageforceexceedsacertainthreshold:firstly,itisbigenoughtodisconnectthesoilparticlesfromthesoilskeleton;secondly,thedegreeofseabedfluidizationorbioturbationisbigenoughtoprovidepreferredpathsforthedetachedmaterialstomigrateupwards.Thentheywouldbefirstlypumpedfrominteriortothesurfaceofseabedandtheneasilyre-suspendedintooverlyingwatercolumn.Influentialfactorsof‘sedimentpump’aredeterminedashydrodynamics(waveenergy),degreeofconsolidation,indexofbioturbation(permeability)andcontentoffine-grainedmaterials(sedimentaryage).Thisnewperspectiveof‘sedimentpump’mayprovidesomeimplicationsforthemechanisminterpretationofseveraluncleargeologicalphenomenaintheYellowRiverdeltaarea.

简介：LigninservesasoneofthemostimportantmolecularfossilsfortracingTerrestrialOrganicMatters(TOMs)inmarineenvironment.Extractionandderivatizationofligninoxidationproducts(LOPs)arecrucialforaccuratequantificationoflignininmarinesediment.Herewereportamodificationoftheconventionalalkalinecupricoxide(CuO)oxidationmethod,themodificationconsistinginasolidphaseextraction(SPE)andanovelon-columnderivatizationbeingemployedforbetterefficiencyandreproducibility.Inspikingblanks,recoverieswithSPEfortheLOPsarebetween77.84%and99.57%withrelativestandarddeviations(RSDs)rangingfrom0.57%to8.04%(n=3),whilethosewithtraditionalliquid-liquidextraction(LLE)arefrom44.52%to86.16%withRSDsbeingfrom0.53%to13.14%(n=3).Moreover,thereproducibilityisgreatlyimprovedwithSPE,withlesssolventconsumptionandshorterprocessingtime.Theaverageefficiencyofon-columnderivatizationforLOPsis100.8%±0.68%,whichissignificantlyhigherthanthoseofin-vialorin-syringederivatization,thusresultinginstilllessconsumptionofderivatizingreagents.LignininthesurfacesedimentssampledfromthesouthofYangtzeRiverestuary,China,wasdeterminedwiththeestablishedmethod.Recoveriesof72.66%to85.99%withstandarddeviationlessthan0.01mg/10gdryweightareobtainedexceptforp-hydroxyben-zaldehyde.ThelignincontentΣ8(producedfrom10gdrysediment)intheresearchareaisbetween0.231and0.587mg.S/VandC/Vratios(1.028±0.433and0.192±0.066,respectively)indicatethattheTOMsinthisregionareoriginatedfromamixtureofwoodyandnonwoodyangiospermplants;thehighvaluesof(Ad/Al)vsuggestthattheTOMshasbeenhighlydegraded.

简介：Thepaperpresentsthe3DfiniteelementsimulationoftidalflowandSedimenttransportintheestuarineregionoftheHaiheriver.Theproposedmodeladoptssigma-transformationofthehydrodynamicandsedimenttransportequations.Thehydrodynamicandsedimenttransportmodelsareverifiedincaseofasimpletestproblemforwhichanalyticalsolutionsareavailable.FinallythemodelsareappliedtomuddyHaiheriverestuaryofNorthChinaanditisclaimedthathydrodynamicandsedimenttransportmodelsgiveareliablecomparisonwiththeobservedfielddata.However,therearecertaindiscrepancies,andsomereasonablequestionsregardingthepresentstate-of-art,inthemodelingofthree-dimensionalmultilevelhydrodynamicsandsedimenttransport,whichareprovidedbelowforanswer.

简介：(January1998-December2013)Currentdevelopmentsinsedimentresearchcontinueataheadypace,andarereportedintheInternationalJournalofSedimentResearch(IJSR)atabout500pagesperyear.However,asofJanuary2014,amajorchangehasoccurred:after16years(January1998toDecember2013)asEditor-in-Chief,ProfessorZhao-YinWanghassteppeddownfromthehandlingofmanuscripts.