Sediment Transportation of Longshore Current and Coastal Current in China Littoral Zone

• 责任者：Xue Chunting (Key Laboratory of Marine Hydrocarbon Resources and Environmental Geology ; Ministry of Land and Resources ; Qingdao 266071 ; China) ; Zhang Yong
• 刊名：Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology
• 出版年：2010
• 卷期：30(1)
• 关键词：海岸带沉积物 ; coastal sediments ; 沿岸流 ; longshore currents ; 中国 ; China
• 页码：p.1-7
• 图表：4 illus., 19 refs.
• 分类号：0200
• issnNo：ISSN0256-1492
• isbnNo：CN37-1117/P

The zonal sediment distribution in the coastal zone near Yantai (from Penglai to Chucun, Weihai) results from the processes of wave, wave-produced longshore current and coastal current. Sand is distributed from high tidal level to 10 m water depth and mainly controlled by wave and longshore current. And the sediment source is from the coastal land nearby. Sand-silt-clay is mainly distributed in 10~15 m water depth. A part of sediments are the Yellow River derived sediments transported by the coastal current and a part from nearby small rivers is transported by the wave and nearshore circulation. Clayey silt and silt are distributed in the water depth of 15~20 m. They are the Yellow River derived sediments transported by the coastal current.