Abstract
Periodical estuary-channel diversion, which intensely affects the coastal environment near Huanghe River Delta (HRD), is an important character of Huanghe River. To understand the differences in Huanghe river-suspended sediments (HRSS) transport in the nearshore of HRD under different estuary-channel conditions, Transportations of HRSS in conditions of two estuary channels were compared by numerical simulations. Results showed that longshore-transport pathways of HRSS, and thus the primarily HRSS-influenced coastal waters, were extremely varied in two estuary-channel conditions, that the dispersion area and distance of HRSS in condition of Diaokou Channel was larger and longer than that in condition of Qingshuigou Channel, and that HRSS transported from estuary to outer offshore was stronger in condition of Diaokou Channel than that in condition of Qingshuigou Channel. HRSS transport along longshore-transport pathways was also stronger in condition of Diaokou Channel than that in condition of Qingshuigou Channel.
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This work was sponsored by Yangtze University Start-up Foundation (Grant No. CJDX-D2010196) and the National Natural Science Foundation, China (No. 40771030, No. 40571020 and No. 31170400).
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Xue, X.H., Li, G.S., Yuan, L.Y. (2013). Transportation of Huanghe River-Discharged-Suspended Sediments in Nearshore of Huanghe River Delta in Conditions of Different Estuary Channels. In: Huang, Y., Wu, F., Shi, Z., Ye, B. (eds) New Frontiers in Engineering Geology and the Environment. Springer Geology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31671-5_18
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