Suspended sediment fluxes in the radial sand ridge field of South Yellow Sea

Autor: Yaozhong Yang, Yongping Chen, Peng Yao, Jianfeng Tao, Min Su, Changkuan Zhang
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Coastal Research. 65:624-629
ISSN: 1551-5036
0749-0208
DOI: 10.2112/si65-106.1
Popis: Zhang C. K., Yang Y. Z., Tao, J. F., Chen, Y. P., Yao, P., Su. M., 2013. Suspended sediment fluxes in the radial sand ridge field of South Yellow Sea. The radial sand ridge at the South Yellow Sea is one of unique geomorphic units in the world. It is famous of its radial current pattern and high suspended sediment concentration, forming abundant tidal flat resources which could be reclaimed for the land use. In order to make a scientific plan for the land reclamation, it is necessary to quantitatively understand the distribution of suspended sediment fluxes in this field. In this study, a 2D tidal current and suspended sediment transport model is developed and validated by the hydrologic survey data measured in 2006. The suspended sediment fluxes are calculated by the period-averaged multification of the simulated tidal current and sediment concentration in two consecutive tidal periods. The numerical results show that, in either winter or summer season, there has a positive sediment flux comes f...
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