scholarly journals Decline in suspended sediment concentration delivered by the Changjiang (Yangtze) River into the East China Sea between 1956 and 2013

Geomorphology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 268 ◽  
pp. 123-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhijun Dai ◽  
Sergio Fagherazzi ◽  
Xuefei Mei ◽  
Jinjuan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
East China Sea ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Suspended Sediment Concentration ◽  
Sediment Concentration ◽  
East China ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
China Sea

Transfer of Water and Sediment from the Yangtze River to the East China Sea, June 1980

1983 ◽  
Vol 40 (S1) ◽  
pp. s72-s82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Zuo-sheng ◽  
John D. Milliman ◽  
Michael G. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
East China Sea ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Water Discharge ◽  
East China ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
The North

The Yangtze River, fourth largest in the world in terms of sediment discharge, contributes about 500 × 106 t annually to the East China Sea. A disproportionate part of the load is carried after peak summer discharge, presumably the result of draining the rice fields. During a week-long study of the estuary, greatest water discharge was observed in the North Passage. Suspended sediment concentrations were highest in the South Channel of the South Passage, although in contrast to the North Passage little of the suspended sediment was coarse. The high sediment concentrations in the South Channel appear to be the result of oscillatory (net transport upstream) movement of material, in contrast to the marked seaward transport measured in the North Passage.Key words: Yangtze River, sedimentation, discharge, transport, estuary

Tide-induced fine sediment resuspension in the well-mixed Hangzhou Bay, East China Sea, China

2011 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Z. Shi
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
East China Sea ◽  
Suspended Sediment Concentration ◽  
Sediment Resuspension ◽  
Sediment Concentration ◽  
Fine Sediment ◽  
East China ◽  
Hangzhou Bay ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Suspended Sediment Concentrations

ABSTRACTHangzhou Bay is a typical funnel-shaped high turbid estuary along a mesotidal coast of the East China Sea. In this paper, field studies are undertaken in an attempt to better understand tide-induced fine sediment transport processes in the Bay. Field observations were made mainly of current velocities (speeds and directions) and suspended sediment concentrations at six different relative depths and two stations in September 1992. Results show that (1) high near-bed suspended sediment concentrations varied from 1·81 to 4·00 kg m−3 during the spring tide and from 1·04 to 8·00 kg m−3 during the neap tide; (2) tide-induced near-bed fine sediment resuspension processes are indicated by several periodic suspended sediment concentration peaks; and (3) a hysteresis effect, or suspension-lag, occurs in suspended sediment concentration and resuspension events. Tide-induced fine sediment processes are mainly responsible for very high concentration suspensions of fine sediments in Hangzhou Bay. The occurrence of the suspension-lag phenomenon is likely to be common in other similar muddy tidal environments.

Dynamics of nutrient export from the Yangtze River to the East China sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 106415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Hua ◽  
Yan Huaiyu ◽  
Zhou Fengnian ◽  
Li Bao ◽  
Zhuang Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East China Sea ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
East China ◽  
Nutrient Export ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
China Sea
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