Wave-induced shallow slides and their features on the subaqueous Yellow River delta

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 1406-1417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guohui Xu ◽  
Yongfu Sun ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Guanghai Hu ◽  
Yupeng Song
Keyword(s):  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Slope Instability ◽  
Delta Front ◽  
The Yellow River Delta ◽  
Slide Mass ◽  
Wave Induced ◽  
Water Depths ◽  
Surrounding Soil

Slope instability processes occur widely on the underwater slopes of the Yellow River delta during storms. Roughly circular depressions on the upper delta front in water depths of 4 to 8 m have been detected by acoustic surveying and their processes were observed in the laboratory. This paper analyzes the properties of geomorphic and acoustic profiles of the upper delta front and compares the engineering geologic properties of samples from the disturbed and undisturbed areas. The results indicate that the weak superficial mass could oscillate with waves and the oscillation weakened the surrounding soil under the cyclic loading. The stratum was disturbed or even destroyed with depth, the area of the slide mass enlarged gradually, and finally a collapse depression formed.

scholarly journals Effect of Wave, Current, and Lutocline on Sediment Resuspension in Yellow River Delta-Front

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bowen Li ◽  
Yonggang Jia ◽  
J. Paul Liu ◽  
Xiaolei Liu ◽  
Zhenhao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Delta ◽  
Sediment Concentration ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Delta Front ◽  
The Yellow River Delta ◽  
Hindered Settling

Historically, the Yellow River in China discharges > 1 × 109 ton/yr sediment to the sea, and has formed a large delta in the western Bohai Sea. Its river mouth is characterized by an extremely high suspended sediment concentration (SSC), up to 50 g/L. However, the hydrodynamic factors controlling the high suspended sediments in the Yellow River estuary are not well understood. Here, we conducted two hydrodynamic observations and SSC measurements in the winter and spring low-flow seasons of 2014–2015 and 2016–2017 under five sea conditions, including calm-rippled, smooth-wavelet, slight, moderate, and rough, in the Yellow River Delta-front during the observation period. Under calm-rippled conditions, the contribution of currents to the total resuspended sediment concentration (RSC) was 77.7%–100.0%. During the smooth-wavelet and slight periods, the currents’ contribution decreased as low as 30% and 3.0% of the total RSC, respectively. Under moderate and rough-sea conditions, waves accounted for at least 70% and 85% of the total RSC, respectively. The results indicate that 20 cm-thick lutoclines were created after a significant increase in the wave height to a peak value followed by a decrease. When the SSC is over 3 g/L and hydrodynamic conditions could not break the lutoclines, the flocculent settling of suspended sediment changes to hindered settling in the Yellow River Delta. Under hindered settling, the settling velocity decreases, and the resuspended sediments remains in the lutoclines and their lower water layers. This study reveals different controlling factors for the high SSC near a river-influenced delta, and helps us get a better understanding of a delta’s resuspension and settling mechanisms.

Effects of wave-induced seabed liquefaction on sediment re-suspension in the Yellow River Delta

2014 ◽  
Vol 89 ◽  
pp. 146-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonggang Jia ◽  
Liping Zhang ◽  
Jiewen Zheng ◽  
Xiaolei Liu ◽  
Dong-Sheng Jeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
The Yellow River Delta ◽  
Wave Induced

Effects of reclamation on net ecosystem CO2 exchange in wetland in the Yellow River Delta, China

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 503-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Qiong YANG ◽  
Guang-Xuan HAN ◽  
Jun-Bao YU ◽  
Li-Xin WU ◽  
Min ZHU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Delta ◽  
Co2 Exchange ◽  
River Delta ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Net Ecosystem Co2 Exchange ◽  
The Yellow River Delta

scholarly journals Impacts of Consolidation Time on the Critical Hydraulic Gradient of Newly Deposited Silty Seabed in the Yellow River Delta

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 270
Author(s):  
Meiyun Tang ◽  
Yonggang Jia ◽  
Shaotong Zhang ◽  
Chenxi Wang ◽  
Hanlu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Delta ◽  
Hydraulic Gradient ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Theoretical Formula ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
The Yellow River Delta ◽  
Critical Hydraulic Gradient ◽  
Seepage Flows ◽  
The Yrd

The silty seabed in the Yellow River Delta (YRD) is exposed to deposition, liquefaction, and reconsolidation repeatedly, during which seepage flows are crucial to the seabed strength. In extreme cases, seepage flows could cause seepage failure (SF) in the seabed, endangering the offshore structures. A critical condition exists for the occurrence of SF, i.e., the critical hydraulic gradient (icr). Compared with cohesionless sands, the icr of cohesive sediments is more complex, and no universal evaluation theory is available yet. The present work first improved a self-designed annular flume to avoid SF along the sidewall, then simulated the SF process of the seabed with different consolidation times in order to explore the icr of newly deposited silty seabed in the YRD. It is found that the theoretical formula for icr of cohesionless soil grossly underestimated the icr of cohesive soil. The icr range of silty seabed in the YRD was 8–16, which was significantly affected by the cohesion and was inversely proportional to the seabed fluidization degree. SF could “pump” the sediments vertically from the interior of the seabed with a contribution to sediment resuspension of up to 93.2–96.8%. The higher the consolidation degree, the smaller the contribution will be.

scholarly journals Nitrate leaching and NH3 volatilization during soil reclamation in the Yellow River Delta, China

2021 ◽  
pp. 117330
Author(s):  
Wei Zhu ◽  
Jingsong Yang ◽  
Rongjiang Yao ◽  
Xiangping Wang ◽  
Wenping Xie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrate Leaching ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Soil Reclamation ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Nh3 Volatilization ◽  
The Yellow River Delta
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