鸭绿江河口地区沉积物特征及悬沙输送

根据鸭绿江河口区4个站位的潮周期测量数据和3个柱状样的粒度数据，对悬沙的输送规律以及口门地区最大浑浊带的形成机制、悬沙输送方向以及物质来源和动力条件进行了分析。计算分析表明，鸭绿江是一条落潮流占优势的河流，平均流作用、斯托克斯漂移效应以及水深与悬沙浓度的潮变化引起的悬沙输送是其河口区最主要的悬沙输送机制。3个柱状样粒度参数自东向西的变化反映了鸭绿江辽口西侧沿岸地区动力条件和沉积环境的变化：沉积物的平均粒径变小，分选变差，并且更正偏，物源的多元化特征逐渐增强。物源和河口区沿岸沉积动力环境的差异以及潮相的周期变化使3个柱状样中的环境敏感粒度组分对应着不同的粒径分布区间。     

模型沙干重度的变化规律及其在泥沙模型试验中的作用

模型沙干重度在动床模型试验中是影响起动流速比尺和冲淤时间比尺的重要参数，其随淤积历时、粒径变化、埋置深浅和加工方法的不同有着不同的变化规律。通过试验，结合已有的成果，对模型沙干重度受以上几种因素的影响进行了研究，并进一步分析了其变化规律在动床模型试验中的作用。     

独流减河口泥沙运动规律数学模拟及河口泥沙来源分析

简要介绍了弱潮河口潮流泥沙数学模型的基本理论,结合现场资料的提取和分析建立了河口泥沙数学模型,对河口泥沙运动规律进行了研究,对河口泥沙来源进行了分析,为河口的进一步合理治理打下了基础。     

胶州湾沉积物的时空分异特征及运移趋势

2006年6月在胶州湾采集柱状岩芯并对沉积物进行粒度分析,结果表明,胶州湾沉积物存在显著的空间和时间分异.从平面分布上看,由南往北表层沉积物颗粒逐渐变粗,分选变差;粉砂含量逐渐减少,砂含量逐渐增加.粒径趋势分析亦显示了胶州湾内沉积物输运的空间分异特征:内湾西北部浅水区的沉积物存在向南偏东方向的净输运,外湾浅水区沉积物则向黄岛前湾内运移,与10 a前的沉积物运移趋势基本一致;青岛近岸海域沉积物沿沧口水道向湾顶输运.从垂向上看,柱状岩芯的沉积层具有互层层理和多个粒级的环境敏感组分,并且早期(底部)的沉积物颗粒偏粗.根据本文柱状岩芯的210Pb测年结果并与10 a或数十年前的分析数据相比,胶州湾的平均沉积速率有所降低.胶州湾柱状岩芯呈现出的平面与垂向上的时空分异特征不但与局地的水动力变化、沉积物输运有关,还与物源供应、沉积环境的演化和人类活动的影响有关.     

深海沉积物地热探针贯入沉积物深度的探讨

针对新型自容式高精度深海沉积物地热探针贯入沉积物深度、插入过程的运动轨迹以及探针的稳定性问题,进行了深入研究,对探针的结构设计以及探针下放要求具有重要指导意义.     

Deposit Feeding and Sediment:

Abstract. The feeding of the epibenthic deposit-feeder Holothuria tubulosa GMELIN and its influence on sediment metabolism was investigated from February 1988 to February 1989. Water samples, specimens of H. tubulosa , and samples of freshly egested feces were taken by SCUBA diving in a 5 m deep seagrass bed at the Island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples (Italy). Particulate organic carbon (POC), particulate organic nitrogen (PON), total particulate carbohydrates (PCHO), and bacterial biomass exhibited higher values in the foregut than in the surrounding sediment. Even the freshly egested feces were richer in the organic components than the sediment. The percentage of growing bacterial cells increased from 4.1 % in the sediment to 12.2 % in the foregut and declined to 11.6 % in the hindgut and 6.2 % in freshly egested feces.
On an annual average, absorption efficiency was highest for bacteria (x = 71%); for PON we calculated a mean absorption efficiency of 20.9%, for PCHO 19.5%. It was estimated that bacterial biomass supplied between 4 and 25 % of the respiratory carbon demand of H. tubulosa. We present evidence that the feeding activity of H. tubulosa stabilizes the bacterial community in the sediment. Furthermore, our data indicate that H. tubulosa reacts quickly to changing conditions, such as sedimented phytoplankton blooms.     

Sediment transport and morphodynamics of the Douro River estuary

A combination of dredging data, hydrographic surveys and numerical modelling has been used to assess morphological change and sediment transport in the Douro River estuary. The system is dominated by sand- and gravel-sized sediments and confined by resistant rock types. The evolution of the bed in the last 20 years has been strongly influenced by the opening of a navigation channel. According to the data available to date, the average maintenance dredging volume has been of the order of 0.4 × 10⁶ m³ year⁻¹. Comparisons of hydrographic surveys reveal a rate of volume loss of the same magnitude. Apparently, maintenance dredging mainly involves local material, transported into the channel from shallower areas of the estuary. The results of numerical modelling indicate that the sediment transport capacity due to tidal currents is very limited. River flood events increase the transport capacity by several orders of magnitude, thus playing a critical role in sediment redistribution and supply to the coast. The average sediment transport capacity is estimated to be of the order of 0.1 × 10⁶ m³ year⁻¹ in most of the estuary and 0.5 × 10⁶ m³ year⁻¹ at the inlet, with a large uncertainty. It is concluded that, if morphological stability is set as an environmental objective, the dredged material should not be removed from the system but rather be used to nourish the estuarine beaches and the barrier spit.     

Sediment waves on the Moroccan continental rise

A nearly continuous zone of sediment waves is present on the lower continental rise off western Morocco which parallels the regional bathymetric trends. The individual sediment waves within the zone migrate upslope with time and, in general, also trend parallel to the regional bathymetric contours. These observations suggest that geostrophic contour currents are responsible for the formation of sediment waves. Physical oceanographic measurements and sea-floor photographs indicate only a very weak bottom circulation in this region. This suggests either that strong bottom currents are not essential for the formation of sediment waves or that relatively stronger bottom currents flowed along the continental margin of Morocco in the recent past. Turbidity flows may also influence the distribution of these sediment waves.     

Sediment and hydrodynamics of the Tauranga entrance to Tauranga harbour

To relate the textural characteristics of the bottom sediments of a tidal inlet to hydrodynamics, 45 sediment samples from the Tauranga Entrance to Tauranga Harbour were analysed for textural parameters, and tidal currents and waves were monitored. Tidal currents dominate sediment transport processes near the Tauranga Entrance although swell waves are significant on the ebb tidal delta, and wind waves may influence intertidal sediments within the harbour. The bulk of the sediment is probably derived from marine sand from the Bay of Plenty continental shelf, but tidal currents and waves have changed its textural character. In areas of swift tidal currents, particularly in the inlet channel itself, sediment is coarser, more poorly sorted, and more coarsely skewed than that in areas of slower currents.     

深海地热探针的设计及应用

主要介绍新型自容式高精度深海地热探针的外形结构和内部电路原理,这种探针不但可以测定海底沉积物的温度梯度,而且还可以现场测定热导率,从而实现地热的原位测量。     

Sediment transport in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea

Eight survey cruises in different seasons have been conducted in the Yellow Sea (YS) and East China Sea (ECS) during the period from 2000 to 2008. Suspended sediment concentration (SSC) and hydrological data were collected during each cruise. Data analysis showed that total suspended sediment mass was approximately 0.18 × 10⁹ tons in the surveyed area during spring and autumn seasons. Highly turbid waters were found in the shallow waters between the Subei coast, the Changjiang estuary and the Zhejiang coast with seasonal variations.     

Sediment texture and grain-size implications: the Changjiang subaqueous delta

Sediment cores were collected from the subaqueous delta of the Changjiang Estuary. Sediment grain-size profiles and their fractal dimensions were analyzed, to elucidate responses to long-term sedimentary processes. In addition, the environmental sensitive populations of grain size have been extracted. The sediment cores can be divided into two parts, according to the sedimentary structures present. The upper part (0-12 cm) is interpreted as being the active layer, which is influenced frequently by changes i...     

江苏吕四海岸沉积动力特征及侵蚀过程

海岸侵蚀与水动力之间有着密切的关系.基于现场调查和资料收集,探讨了吕四海岸地貌、水动力、泥沙运动以及沉积与动力之间的响应.研究结果表明,风浪和潮流是塑造吕四海岸的主要动力.风浪年内变化按向岸风频率可分为高频期(10 月至翌年 1月)、转频期(2 月、3 月和 9 月)和低频期(4～8月)三个时期.风浪高频期,潮滩冲蚀,物质粗化;低频期,潮滩淤积,物质细化;转频期,时冲时淤,动态稳定.潮流作用主要表现为输沙淤滩和侧蚀滩脚.在风浪高频期,滩脚同时受到风浪冲蚀和潮流侧蚀,向岸后退,使吕四岸段成为隐性侵蚀型海岸.岸滩塑造对沉积动力响应显著,东部处于滨岸环境,在潮流和风浪的作用下,沉积物由岸向海变粗;西部还受径流影响,处于滨岸-河口环境,物质由岸向海变细.在水动力要素中,风浪是导致岸滩侵蚀的主控动力,而潮流则是近岸泥沙进行滩槽滩槽交换和循环输运的输运动力.     

Shelf Sediment Transformation Index

Oceanology - The paper examines the results of long-term monitoring studies of the physicochemical properties of Holocene silts in Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea. Based on a comprehensive...     

Sediment trap comparison experiments

Four types of sediment traps which are different in their shapes were simultaneously deployed in Funka Bay, Hokkaido or open ocean, in order to compare the quantity and quality of settling particles collected at the same time. In Funka Bay, the larger total particulate fluxes were observed with the sediment traps having the larger height to width ratios. The settling particles collected with the narrower sediment traps were somewhat similar to suspended particle enriched in organic matter, phosphorus and Mn. These results suggest that the narrower sediment trap more effectively collects fine and light particles similar to suspended particles.     

Drag and Sediment Dispersion Over Sand Waves

Estimates of the drag coefficient over sand waves during calm weather in the southern North Sea have been obtained from measurements of the water slope and currents at different heights (z) above the sea-bed using the log profile and momentum balance methods. An observed phase difference between principal terms in the momentum balance equation is examined theoretically. Drag coefficient estimates are found to agree broadly with previous studies. Owing to bedform asymmetry, average drag coefficient values obtained atz=1 m (C₁₀₀) are found to be 0·0021 and 0·0029 for flood and ebb tides, respectively. Systematic changes in bed roughness are not detected. Using a momentum balance approach, the average drag coefficient value (C_d) atz=10 m is found to be 0·0056. Changes in 10-min averageC_dvalues over sand waves during the tidal cycle are found to be small with bedform asymmetry having no detectable effect. Correlation betweenC_dandC₁₀₀is found to be poor and separation of skin friction and form drag terms is not possible with existing measurements. The inclusion of form drag inC₁₀₀values at the present site leads to over-estimation of the bed shear stress ({q) available to mobilize and transport sediment. Mobile sediment, detected through the use of tracers and a transmissometer, was not found to have any measurable effect on eitherC_dorC₁₀₀in calm weather conditions.     

Sediment Transport in Rivers and Coastal Waters

Following Bagnold's approach, a relationship between sediment transport and energy dissipation is developed. The major assumption made in the study is that the near bed velocity plays a dominant role in the process of sediment transport. A general relationship between energy dissipation and sediment transport is first proposed. Then the equations for total sediment transport are derived by introducing the appropriate expression of energy dissipation rate under different conditions, such as open channel flows, combination of wave and current, as well as longshore sediment transport. Within the flows investigated, the derived relationships are fairly consistent with the available data over a wide range of conditions.     

笼式泥沙捕获器的研制与实测应用

为了有效地观测岸滩泥沙在距离底床不同高度和不同方向的运移特征,本文作者研制了笼式泥沙捕获器,并在辽东湾白沙湾海岸进行了实测,取得了较好的观测结果。观测结果表明,近底床泥沙输运大量发生于距离45cm的高度范围内,而距离底床100cm的泥沙运移量极少。随着距离底床高度的增加,泥沙的平均粒径呈由大到小的变化规律,泥沙中砂的质量分数呈由大到小的变化规律,黏土的质量分数呈由小到大的变化规律,但是在不同的方向上,泥沙平均粒径和物质组成等粒度参数均没有表现出明显的规律。实测结果表明笼式泥沙捕获器不仅可以同步观测多个方向的泥沙运移,而且可以同步观测不同层位的泥沙运移,对于分析近底床边界层泥沙的垂向结构有一定的应用价值。