Characteristics of suspended sediment transport and analysis of sedimentary dynamic environment in the coastal waters of Wanning Riyue bay
Based on the synchronized data of suspended sediment and sea current,this paper analyzed the suspended sediment transport mechanism and the main mechanical control factors in study areas u-sing sediment flux mechanism decomposition method.The sedimentary dynamic environment was di-vided into different zones using Flemming triangle diagram method on the basis of the distribution char-acteristics of the surface sediments in the study area.The results showed that the Lagrangian advection transport was the main governing factor in transport of suspended sediment and the vertical net circula-tion came second.And the transport direction of the tidal average single-width net sediment transport was in SW,which corresponds to the direction of the remaining flow in the study area.The average single tidal-width sediment transport at the outer station showed a decreasing trend from northeast to southwest,while the inner station showed the opposite,the average single tidal-width sediment trans-port increased from the northeast to the southwest.It was indicated that there was nearshore erosion or river sand transport.Observation showed that the study area was covered largely by sand and the local area was silty sand,gravel sand,and sandy gravel,with a small number of shells or coral reefs.The dynamic environment could be divided into zone S,zone A and zone B.The motion of surface sediments were three types:moving,jumping,and overhanging.The jumping was the main route of the surface sediment.The surface sediments had a lower content of transitional components in sediments and the increase of suspended-transition components with the hydrodynamic environment became weaker.
suspended sedimentsedimentary dynamic environmenttransport mechanismresidual current