The observations of seabed sediment erosion and resuspension processes in the Jiaozhou Bay in China

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摘要 Inestuarineandcoastalareas,theseabedisinaconstantprocessofdynamicchangeundermarineconditions.Seabedsedimenterosionandresuspensionareimportantprocessesthatsafelycontrolthegeologicalenvironment.FieldtripodobservationsconductedintheJiaozhouBayinChinaarereported,toinvestigatetheeffectsofhydrodynamicconditionsontheerosionandresuspensionprocessesoftheseabed.Theobservationalresultsshowthatthemaximumshearstresscreatedbytidalcurrentscanreach0.35N/m~2,whichishigherthanthewave-inducedshearstressduringfairweatherconditions.Aseabederosionfrequentlyoccursduringthefloodtide,whereasaseabeddepositionoccursduringebbtide.WavescanproduceabottomshearstressapproximatelyequivalenttothatinducedbycurrentswhenthelocalwindreachesForce4withaspeedof5m/s.Whenthewindreaches7m/sandthesignificantwaveheightreaches26cm,wavesplayamoresignificantrolethancurrentsinthedynamicprocessesoftheseabedsedimentresuspensionandleadtoahighvalueofturbiditythatisapproximatelytwotoeighttimeshigherthanthatinfairweather.Theseanalysesclearlyillustratethatperiodiccurrent-inducedsedimenterosionandresuspensionaredominantinfairweather,whereasepisodichighwavesareresponsibleforsignificantsedimentresuspension.AdditionalworkisneededtoestablishamorethoroughunderstandingofthemechanismsofsedimentdynamicsintheJiaozhouBay.
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出处 《海洋学报:英文版》 2017年11期
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出版日期 2017年11月21日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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