Partitioning of grain-size components of estuarine sediments and implications for sediment transport in southwestern Laizhou Bay, China

Guangquan Chen; Liang Yi; Shenliang Chen; Haijun Huang; Yanxia Liu; Yonghang Xu; Jianrong Cao

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Partitioning of grain-size components of estuarine sediments and implications for sediment transport in southwestern Laizhou Bay, China

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- Partitioning of grain-size components of estuarine sediments and implications for sediment transport in southwestern Laizhou Bay, China
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 31, Issue 4, Pages: 895-906(2013)
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  1. State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research East China Normal University
  2. Key Laboratory of Marine Sedimentology and Environmental Geology First Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration
  3. State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences
  4. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  5. Open Laboratory of Ocean & Coast Environmental Geology Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration
  6. College of Environment and Planning Liaocheng University
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-013-2304-y
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- Online First：25 March 2013，
  
  Published：2013
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Chen, G., Yi, L., Chen, S. et al. Partitioning of grain-size components of estuarine sediments and implications for sediment transport in southwestern Laizhou Bay, China., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 31, 895–906 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-013-2304-y
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Chen, G., Yi, L., Chen, S. et al. Partitioning of grain-size components of estuarine sediments and implications for sediment transport in southwestern Laizhou Bay, China., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 31, 895–906 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-013-2304-y DOI：

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Sediment transport in estuarine systems has been of increasing interest for scientists during the past few decades. However

the mechanisms for sediment redistribution remain unclear. We characterized in detail sediment transport in the Xiaoqing River estuary using the mathematical Weibull function to partitiongrain-size components of surface sediments in the southwestern Laizhou Bay

Northeast China. Four partitioned components: finer than 4

4.6–12.5

23.4–63.3

and 67.1–132.6 μm were interpreted in terms of hydrodynamic conditions. During sediment transport

silt grains were suspended and moved seaward from three depositional centers

whereas fine-grained sands moved generally landward. Overall

sediments are transported clockwise in a generally NNE direction near shore and then turn eastward offshore. The mathematical partitioning method showed a great potential for future estuarine environmental studies.

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