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Tidal phase control of sediment discharge from the Yangtze River |
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| Authors: | John D Milliman Ya Hsueh Dun-Xin Hu David J Pashinski Huan-ting Shen Zuo-sheng Yang Peter Hacker |
| Institution: | 1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, U.S.A.;2. Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, U.S.A.;3. Institute of Oceanology, Academica Senica, Qingdao, People''s Republic of China;4. Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98005 U.S.A.;5. Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, People''s Republic of China;6. Shantung College of Oceanography, Qingdao, People''s Republic of China;g. National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. 20550, U.S.A. |
| Abstract: | Tidal phase plays a major role in controlling sediment discharge from the Yangtze River estuary in eastern China. Direct measurements indicate that during spring tide in mid-November 1981 approximately 3 times the sediment passed down the main channel of the river as during the next neap tide, 3 days later. The estuary presumably acts as a conduit for riverine sediment during spring tide but as a sink during neap tide. Tidal phase control of sediment discharge appears to be primarily dependent upon tidal range relative to estuarine depth rather than river discharge or absolute tidal range per se. |
| Keywords: | China People's Republic of sediments discharges tides phase |
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