Plume front and suspended sediment dispersal off the Yangtze (Changjiang) River mouth, China during non-flood season

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 60-67

  Wang, Zhanghua ^a   Li, Luqian ^b   Chen, Dechao ^c   Xu, Kaiqin ^d   Wei, Taoyuan ^e   Gao, Jianhua ^f   Zhao, Yiwen ^g   Chen, Zhongyuan ^a   Masabate, Watanabe ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SUZHOU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

density flow; resuspension; sediment flux

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; FRESHWATER INPUT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33845567102     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Acta Oceanologica Sinica (Ed.), 1983. Proceedings of International Symposium on Sedimentation on the Continental Shelf, With Special Reference to the East China Sea (vol. 1). China Ocean Press, Beijing, 493 p.
2. Castaing P., Froidefond J.M., Lazure P., Weber O., Prud'homme R., and Jouanneau J.M. Relationship between hydrology and seasonal distribution of suspended sediments on the continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay. Deep-Sea Research II 46 (1999) 1979-2001
3. Chen, J.Y., Zhu, H.F., Dong, Y.F., Sun, J.M., 1985. Development of the Changjiang estuary and its submerged delta. Continental Shelf Research 4 (1/2), 47-56.
4. Chen J.Y., Shen H.T., and Yun C.X. Dynamic Processes and Morphological Evolution of Yangtze Estuary (1988), Shanghai Science and Technology Press, Shanghai 453 pp. (in Chinese, with English summary)
5. Chen J.Y., Li D.J., Chen B.L., Hu F.X., Zhu H.F., and Liu C.Z. The processes of dynamic sedimentation in the Changjiang Estuary. Journal of Sea Research 41 (1999) 129-140
6. Chen Z., Saito Y., Kanai Y., Wei T., Li L., Yao H., and Wang Z. Low concentration of heavy metals in the Yangtze estuarine sediments, China: a diluting setting. Estuarine. Coastal and Shelf Science 60 1 (2004) 91-100
7. Hu F., Hu H., and Gu G. Basic characteristics of plume fronts in the Changjiang River estuary. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Physical and Chemical Oceanography of the China Seas (1993), China Ocean Press, Beijing 244-257
8. Islam M.R., Begum S.F., Yamaguchi Y., and Ogawa K. Distribution of suspended sediment in the coastal sea off the Ganges-Brahmaputra River mouth: observation from TM data. Journal of Marine Systems 32 (2002) 307-321
9. Liu, K.K., Peng, T.H., Shaw, P.T. (Eds.), 2003. Circulation and biolgeochemical processes in the East China Sea and the vicinity of Taiwan. Deep-Sea Research (part II), 50 (6-7), 1055-1333.
10. Liu, J.P., Xu, K.H., Li, A.C., Milliman, J.D., Velozzi, D.M., Xiao, S.B., Yang, Z.S., 2005. Sediment flux and fate of the Yangtze River sediments delivered to the East China Sea. Geomorphology, in press.
11. Milliman J.D., and Jin Q.M. Sediment dynamics of the Changjiang estuary and the adjacent east China sea. Continental Shelf Research 4 1/2 (1985) 251
12. Natural Environment Research Council. Land-Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS). Implementation Plan for a Community Research Project (1994), NERC, Swindon 61 pp.
13. Nittrouer C.A., and Kuehl S.A. Geological significance of sediment transport and accumulation on the Amazon continental shelf. Marine Geology, special issue 125 (1995) 175-399
14. Qin Y.S., Zhao Y.Y., Chen L.Y., and Zhao S.L. Geology of the East China Sea (1987), Science Press, Beijing 290 p. (in Chinese)
15. Reeves A.D., and Duck R.W. Density fronts: sieves in the estuarine sediment transfer system?. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (B) 26 1 (2001) 89-92
16. Sanders T.D., and Garvine R.W. Frontal observations of the Delaware Coastal Current source region. Continental Shelf Research 16 8 (1996) 1009-1021
17. Shen H.T., and Pan D. Turbidity Maximum in the Changjiang Estuary (2001), China Ocean Press, Beijing 194 pp. (in Chinese)
18. Shen H., Li J., Zhu H., Han M., and Zhou F. Transport of the suspended sediment in the Changjiang estuary. International Journal of Sediment Research 7 3 (1993) 45-63
19. Shen H.T., Mao Z.C., and Zhu J.R. Saltwater Intrusion in the Changjiang Estuary (2003), China Ocean Press, Beijing 175 pp. (in Chinese)
20. Shi Z. Behaviour of fine suspended sediment at the North passage of the Changjiang Estuary, China. Journal of Hydrology 293 (2004) 180-190
21. Tappin A.D., Harris J.R.W., and Uncles R.J. The fluxes and transformations of suspended particles, carbon and nitrogen in the Humber estuarine system (UK) from 1994 to 1996: results from an integrated observation and modeling study. The Science of the Total Environment 314-316 (2003) 665-713
22. Tsunogai, S., Iseki, K., Kusakabe, M., Saito, Y. (Eds.), 2003. Biogeochemical cycles in the East China Sea: MASFLEX program. Deep-Sea Research (part II), 50 (2), 321-528.
23. Wang K., Ru R., and Dong L. The Water Masses in the Changjiang River Estuary and the Adjacent Water Area and Their Effects in the Distribution of Biological and Chemical Elements (1990), China Ocean Press, Beijing pp. 19-35
24. Wang Z., Chen Z., Okamura K., Gao J., Xu K., Koshikawa H., and Watanabe M. Anomalous current recorded at lower low water off the Changjiang River mouth, China. Geo-Marine Letters 24 (2004) 252-258
25. Wolanski E., Nguyen N.H., Le T.D., Nguyen H.N., and Nguyen N.T. Fine-sediment dynamics in the Mekong River estuary, Vietnam. Estuarine. Coastal and Shelf Science 43 (1996) 565-582
26. Zhang Y., Swift D.J.P., Yu Z., and Jin L. Modeling of coastal profile evolution on the abandoned delta of the Huanghe River. Marine Geology 145 (1998) 133-148
27. Zhu Y., and Chang R. Preliminary study of the dynamic origin of the distribution pattern of bottom sediments on the continental shelves of the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East China Sea. Estuarine. Coastal and Shelf Science 51 (2000) 663-680
28. Zhu, J., Ding, P., Hu, S., and Yang, L., 2001. Observation of the Changjiang Diluted Water, Plume Front and Upwelling Off the Changjiang Mouth During August in 2000. Proceedings of the Eleventh PAMS/JECSS Workshop, April 11-13, Cheju, Korea.