Inestuarineandcoastalareas,theseabedisinaconstantprocessofdynamicchangeundermarineconditions.Seabedsedimenterosionandresuspensionareimportantprocessesthatsafelycontrolthegeologicalenvironment.FieldtripodobservationsconductedintheJiaozhouBayinChinaarereported,toinvestigatetheeffectsofhydrodynamicconditionsontheerosionandresuspensionprocessesoftheseabed.Theobservationalresultsshowthatthemaximumshearstresscreatedbytidalcurrentscanreach0.35N/m~2,whichishigherthanthewave-inducedshearstressduringfairweatherconditions.Aseabederosionfrequentlyoccursduringthefloodtide,whereasaseabeddepositionoccursduringebbtide.WavescanproduceabottomshearstressapproximatelyequivalenttothatinducedbycurrentswhenthelocalwindreachesForce4withaspeedof5m/s.Whenthewindreaches7m/sandthesignificantwaveheightreaches26cm,wavesplayamoresignificantrolethancurrentsinthedynamicprocessesoftheseabedsedimentresuspensionandleadtoahighvalueofturbiditythatisapproximatelytwotoeighttimeshigherthanthatinfairweather.Theseanalysesclearlyillustratethatperiodiccurrent-inducedsedimenterosionandresuspensionaredominantinfairweather,whereasepisodichighwavesareresponsibleforsignificantsedimentresuspension.AdditionalworkisneededtoestablishamorethoroughunderstandingofthemechanismsofsedimentdynamicsintheJiaozhouBay.
