连云港海域废黄河水下三角洲北翼的沉积特征与空间分布

基于连云港海域浅地层剖面资料解释和16个站位柱状岩心的剖面观察、粒度分析、微体化石鉴定、有孔虫和腹足类纹沼螺的AMS 14C年龄,分析废黄河水下三角洲北翼的沉积结构、厚度和沉积物组成,划分沉积单元及其分布范围;识别海侵沉积区的沉积相,认识其沉积环境特征。结果表明,水下三角洲沉积体可分为三角洲前缘和前三角洲两个沉积单元,两者沿连云港海岸线呈并置关系。三角洲前缘位于埒子口至新淮河口外,为一NNE向进积、NW向倾斜的扇形楔状体,可识别出灌河叶瓣及其以东的叶瓣两个沉积中心。该沉积单元以砂质沉积为主,两个叶瓣之间的分流间湾分布有泥和砂质泥。前三角洲位于三角洲前缘西北侧,大致从埒子口外侧沿海岸带向海州湾展布。该单元为泥质沉积,厚度较薄,其北部的两个柱状岩心所揭示的沉积厚度分别为1.8 m和1.5 m。水下三角洲以北,海侵沙席分布广泛,厚度通常在20 cm左右。其分布在本区具有普遍性,只是在连云港海域被黄河泥沙所覆盖,由此也构成了废黄河水下三角洲的底界面。该界面具有侵蚀残留地貌特征。海侵沙席之下为晚更新世MIS 3阶段中早期的海陆过渡相沉积。沉积物多由黄色粉砂或砂质粉砂组成,含有较丰富的有孔虫、介形虫等,可见淡水纹沼螺。     

现代长江水下三角洲浅地层地震相特征

利用传统的地震相分析方法,分析总结现代长江水下三角洲浅地层地震剖面反射波的几何形态、内部反射结构、连续性、振幅等特征,形成对长江水下三角洲各典型地震相特征的认识,圈定相应的地震相范围,并结合钻孔资料,解释了长江口范围三角洲前积、浅海沉积、古河道等各沉积相的分布。结果表明,现代长江水下三角洲浅地层各地震相特征明显。典型的三角洲前积地震相主要分布在长江口外东北部,其余大部为典型浅海沉积地震相,且浅海地震相特征向口内逐渐变弱,表现为浅砂或淤泥型地震相,向口外逐渐有晚更新世基底地震相出露,并发育古河道地震相,此外,浅层气地震相嵌入区内各个地震相范围。     

潮汐汊道及其沙滩的安全风险和动力机制

为提高海水浴场的安全性,避免发生溺水事故,文章以潮汐汊道及其沙滩的动力地貌结构和发育演变为基础,研究青岛市灵山湾城市阳台海水浴场沙滩的安全风险和动力机制,并提出风险防范建议。研究结果表明:河口潮汐汊道落潮流三角洲的潮汐水道延伸至沙滩滩面,高潮时淹没,落急时水流集中,形成流向外海的高速水流,极易引发海水浴场安全事故;区域落潮流与汊道落潮流相叠加、落潮流三角洲阻挡沿岸输沙造成下游局部岸段侵蚀以及沿岸输沙变化导致水道迁移摆动等因素进一步加大潮汐汊道附近沙滩的安全风险;安全风险最大的地点位于沿岸输沙下游与区域落潮流流向一致的潮汐水道末端附近沙滩,且该位置不稳定,随波浪场发生年际和季节变化;在潮汐汊道沙滩岸段设置海水浴场前应研究其动力地貌和发育演变,划分危险区和安全区,浴场设置后定期监测并确定危险区的位置,并在沙滩安全维护和质量评价等方面将潮汐汊道作为重要判定指标。     

渤海莱州湾凹陷KL油田沙河街组混积背景下的沉积特征与沉积演化

渤海湾盆地莱州湾凹陷KL油田地区古近系沙河街组发育了陆源碎屑岩和碳酸盐岩的混合沉积构造,国内外学者在莱州湾凹陷地区已做了一些岩相古地理方面研究工作,但KL油田地区的混合沉积研究至今未涉及.由于KL油田地区钻遇沙河街组沙三下亚段的井较少(迄今全地区钻遇沙三下亚段井9口),本文充分利用有限的钻井资料,结合岩心资料、分析化验资料、单井沉积相解剖以及地震相分析,对渤海湾盆地莱州湾凹陷KL油田地区碳酸盐岩台地混合沉积特征以及沉积演化模式进行了较为深入的探讨.研究表明,KL油田古近系沙河街组主要以扇三角洲沉积体系为主,混积岩主要发育在沙河街组沙三下亚段,而沙三下亚段发育三种不同的沉积环境:KL-1井区发育辫状河三角洲,中部KL-4井区发育滨浅湖混积滩坝,东部KL-9井区在Ⅰ油组处于潍北凸起物源供给区,发育了扇三角洲.沙三下亚段沉积时期,沉积物在碳酸盐岩台地上进行混合沉积,狭义上表现为混积岩,主要类型包括:泥质灰岩、含泥灰岩、灰质粉砂岩;广义上表现为混积层系,主要类型包括:含陆源碎屑一碳酸盐混积岩、含碳酸盐一陆源碎屑混积岩、碳酸质一陆源碎屑混积岩.     

Sediment critical shear stress and geotechnical properties along the modern Yellow River Delta,China

A geological engineering study was undertaken to determine the spatial distribution of sediment critical shear stress in the modern Yellow River Delta and to determine the influence of sediment erodibility on sediment erosion and microtopography formation. The critical shear stress was tested using a cohesive sediment meter for sediments along lines running perpendicular to the coast in different sedimentary lobes of the delta, where the geotechnical properties of sediments were also determined. The results demonstrate that significant differences in critical shear stress exist among high, middle, and low tidal flats, which are influenced by biodisturbation in the different sedimentary lobes. Regional characteristics of the modern Yellow River Delta show that critical shear stress levels are the lowest in the northern area (0.11–0.4?Pa), are the highest in the eastern area (2.8–4.55?Pa), and are significantly heterogeneous in the northeastern area. The critical shear stress is found to be more nonuniform and levels of antierosion strength are relatively lower than values found for other estuarine deltas around the world.     

Threshold sediment flux for the formation of river deltas in Hainan Island,southern China

Journal of Geographical Sciences - The knowledge of geomorphological evolution from an estuary to a river delta is necessary to form the formulation of comprehensive land-ocean interaction...     

A model for the growth and development of wave-dominated deltas fed by small mountainous rivers: Insights from the Elwha River delta,Washington

Observations from ground-penetrating radar, sediment cores, elevation surveys and aerial imagery are used to understand the development of the Elwha River delta in north-western Washington, USA, which prograded as a result of two dam removals in late 2011. Swash-bar, foreshore and swale depositional elements are recognized within ground-penetrating radar profiles and sediment cores. A model for the growth and development of small mountainous river wave-dominated deltas is proposed based on observation of both the fluvial and deltaic settings. If enough sediment is available in the fluvial system, mouth-bars form after higher than average river discharge events, creating a large platform seaward of the subaqueous delta plain. Swash-bars form concurrently or within a month of mouth-bar deposition as a result of wave action. Fair-weather waves drive swash-bar migration landward and in the direction of littoral drift. The signature of swash-bar welding to the shoreline is landward-dipping reflections, as a result of overwash processes and slipface migration. However, most swash-bars are eroded by the river mouth, as only 10 of the 37 swash-bars that formed between August 2011 and July 2016 survived within the Elwha River delta. The swash-bars that do survive either amalgamate onto the shoreline or an earlier deposited swash-bar, forming a single larger barrier at the delta front. In asymmetrical deltas, the signature of swash-bar welding is more likely to be preserved on the downdrift side of the delta, where formation is more likely and accommodation behind newer swash-bars preserves older deposits. On small mountainous river deltas, welded swash-bars may be more indicative of a large sediment pulse to the system, rather than large hydrological events.     

Using ichnological relationships to interpret heterolithic fabrics in fluvio-tidal settings

In fluvio-tidal settings, the sediment is dominantly derived from the river systems. However, the importance of landward tidal transport of sediment in tidally influenced sedimentary environments is difficult to assess, particularly in the rock record. This problem is addressed using two intervals within the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, each representing a distinct inclined heterolithic stratification motif. The ichnological variation between the heterolithic intervals is analyzed to determine which lithosomes are associated with brackish-water (tidally influenced) colonization windows. From this, the relative fluvial influence responsible for the deposition of the fine and coarse members can be determined. Both of the inclined heterolithic stratification fabrics studied record the deposition of fluvio-tidal point bars wherein the heterolithic bedding represents variations in river discharge. The first fabric comprises inclined heterolithic stratification in which bioturbation only occurs in mudstone beds. This fabric indicates that deposition occurred in more proximal positions within a fluvio-tidal system (i.e. the outermost inner to middle estuary or distributary channels). In this example sand deposition is interpreted to represent high-energy, freshwater dune migration within a fluvial-dominated setting, whereas mud beds reflect brackish-water suspension deposition during times of low river discharge. The second fabric, which is interpreted to have developed in more distal depositional positions (i.e. the middle estuary or seaward of the turbidity maximum in deltas), consists of inclined heterolithic stratification with laminated mudstone and bioturbated sandstone. In these inclined heterolithic stratification successions the mudstone beds were deposited under the influence of freshwater and heightened sedimentation rates, whereas bioturbated sandstone was colonized under brackish-water conditions and in the presence of tidally facilitated sediment transport. In both examples, the bioturbated lithosomes are related to colonization windows that indicate the predominance at that time of marine or tidally influenced processes over fluvial processes.     

Review on Subaqueous Sediment Gravity Flow and Submarine Fan

Subaqueous sediment gravity flow is the volumetrically most important process transporting sediment across our planet, which forms its largest sediment accumulations (submarine fan). Based on the previous studies, we tried to clear up the concept, classification and identification of subaqueous sediment gravity flow, and introduced the progress of modern direct observation and submarine fan model. Turbidity current and debris flow are two of the most important parts of the gravity flow, the former deposits layer by layer with normal gradation while the latter is en masse settling with chaotic disorder. The turbidity current transformed into the debris flow during the transportation is called hybrid flow. The hyperpycnal flow is the turbidity current formed by flood discharges into the ocean/lake. Modern direct observations show that the turbidity current can contain dense basal layers and last for a week. The structure of turbidity current can be different from those surge-like turbidity current observed in laboratory. Submarine fans are mainly composed of channel, levee, lobe, background deposits and mass transport deposits, which should be studied by architecture analysis and hierarchical classification. The channel deposits extend narrowly with abundant erosion structures; levee deposits are composed of thin layer mud-silty turbidites, wedge thinning laterally; the lobe deposits extend well laterally with narrow range of grain size. The hierarchy of channel deposits is channel unit, channel complex and channel complex system. The hierarchy of lobe deposits is bed, lobe element, lobe and lobe complex.     

河控浅水三角洲前缘席状砂沉积特征及沉积模式探讨--以黄河口凹陷渤中34地区明下段为例

黄河口凹陷渤中34地区明化镇组下段下部河控浅水三角洲前缘席状砂较发育。为进一步认识前缘席状砂体的发育规律,通过岩芯、钻井、生产动态、黏土矿物等分析对席状砂体沉积特征、控制因素及沉积模式进行综合研究。席状砂主要表现为薄层或薄互层特征,根据发育位置可以划分为水下分流河道边部及河道末端席状砂两种类型。基于高分辨率层序地层学原理,以基准面短期旋回为时间区间,将席状砂体的沉积模式划分为三种类型:湖水上升初期的河道弱席状化模式、湖水上升期至最大湖平面时期河道末端面状流增长模式以及最大湖平面时期席状化改造模式。随着基准面的下降,浅水三角洲前缘沉积类型亦从席状砂体向水下分流河道演化。暖湿气候、一定的水体规模及地形坡度条件是前缘席状砂体大面积分布的控制因素。研究成果为进一步加快明下段河控浅水三角洲前缘席状砂的勘探开发提供了依据。