A preliminary study on the influence of Changjiang River sediment supply on subaqueous delta——Evidences in late 20th century and an expectation for the coming decades

YANG Shi-lun; ZHU Jun; ZHAO Qing-ying

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YANG Shi-lun, ZHU Jun, ZHAO Qing-ying. A preliminary study on the influence of Changjiang River sediment supply on subaqueous delta——Evidences in late 20th century and an expectation for the coming decades[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2003, 25(5): 83-91.

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A preliminary study on the influence of Changjiang River sediment supply on subaqueous delta——Evidences in late 20th century and an expectation for the coming decades

State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

Received Date: 2001-10-24
Rev Recd Date: 2003-08-12

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Data of sediment discharge from 1951 to 2000 and bathymetric maps of a major portion to the subaqueous delta surveyed in 1958,1978 and 1998 are utilized to study variation in river sediment supply and morphological response to the subaqueous delta.Since the end of 1960s,sediment discharge at Sta.Datong has shown a significant decreasing trend,one third lower in the 1990s than in the 1960s.The reduction in sediment supply is found to have resulted from dam construction in the drainage.As a response to this reduction,vertical accretion rate of the subaqueous delta front has been decreased from 55 mm/a during 1958~1978 to 11 mm/a during 1978~1998.Meanwhile,severe erosion has occurred on the outer mar gin of the subaqueous delta.It is predicted that river sediment discharge will probably be reduced to 40% and 60% of the present(the average of the past 50 a)respectively in the first half and the second half of this century due to human activities especially the Three Gorges Project.As a result, the total prog radation rate of the delta will be dramatically reduced and local severe erosion may be inevitable.
- river sediment discharge,
- subaqueous delta,
- dam,
- Three Gorges Project,
- Changjiang River

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