简介:Inestuarineandcoastalareas,theseabedisinaconstantprocessofdynamicchangeundermarineconditions.Seabedsedimenterosionandresuspensionareimportantprocessesthatsafelycontrolthegeologicalenvironment.FieldtripodobservationsconductedintheJiaozhouBayinChinaarereported,toinvestigatetheeffectsofhydrodynamicconditionsontheerosionandresuspensionprocessesoftheseabed.Theobservationalresultsshowthatthemaximumshearstresscreatedbytidalcurrentscanreach0.35N/m~2,whichishigherthanthewave-inducedshearstressduringfairweatherconditions.Aseabederosionfrequentlyoccursduringthefloodtide,whereasaseabeddepositionoccursduringebbtide.WavescanproduceabottomshearstressapproximatelyequivalenttothatinducedbycurrentswhenthelocalwindreachesForce4withaspeedof5m/s.Whenthewindreaches7m/sandthesignificantwaveheightreaches26cm,wavesplayamoresignificantrolethancurrentsinthedynamicprocessesoftheseabedsedimentresuspensionandleadtoahighvalueofturbiditythatisapproximatelytwotoeighttimeshigherthanthatinfairweather.Theseanalysesclearlyillustratethatperiodiccurrent-inducedsedimenterosionandresuspensionaredominantinfairweather,whereasepisodichighwavesareresponsibleforsignificantsedimentresuspension.AdditionalworkisneededtoestablishamorethoroughunderstandingofthemechanismsofsedimentdynamicsintheJiaozhouBay.
简介:Theestuaryandcoastisanareawherethelandandtheseainteractandaplaceinwhichhumanbeingsfrequentlymoveaboutsothatunderstandingandcontrollingthechangeanddevelopmentmodesofthecoastallandformplaysavitalpartinexploitingandprotectingcoastalresources.Amodelisthegeneralizationandabstractionofobjectivethings.Thispapersummarizesfourmethodsforthelandformdevelopmentofthetidalshoreandunderwaterdelta,mainlydiscussesthemodel'sstructuralelements,andpresentstheirspecificapplicationonthebasisoftheauthors'casestudy.Withtheapplicationoftheprofilemodel,thedynamicchangeofcoastallandformcanbeclearlyseenbycontrastingthedifferentprofilesofdifferentyears.Throughtheshrinking,expandingandtransformationoftheisobath,planemodelisusedtostudythemacro-changeoftheshoalandthecoastallandform.Speedmodelisanefficientmeanstoanalyzethetrendoferosionanddepositionandthelocalchangeinagreatareaofthesea.Statisticalsurveymodelisastaticanalysis,whichcanbeusedtoestablishtherelationshipbetweentheerosionanddepositionoftheshoalandthealtitudeandslopeofsurveyspot.