Skip to main content
Taylor & Francis Group Logo
    Advanced Search

    Click here to search products using title name,author name and keywords.

    • Login
    • Hi, User  
      • Your Account
      • Logout
      Advanced Search

      Click here to search products using title name,author name and keywords.

      Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages.

      Chapter

      Evolution of Modaomen Bar at Pearl River Estuary
      loading

      Chapter

      Evolution of Modaomen Bar at Pearl River Estuary

      DOI link for Evolution of Modaomen Bar at Pearl River Estuary

      Evolution of Modaomen Bar at Pearl River Estuary book

      Evolution of Modaomen Bar at Pearl River Estuary

      DOI link for Evolution of Modaomen Bar at Pearl River Estuary

      Evolution of Modaomen Bar at Pearl River Estuary book

      ByYong He, Chen Lu, Jiaquan Deng, Yugui Yang, Liuzhu Yang
      BookRiver Sedimentation

      Click here to navigate to parent product.

      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2016
      Imprint CRC Press
      Pages 8
      eBook ISBN 9781315623207
      Share
      Share

      ABSTRACT

      Among the eight estuary outlets at Pearl River Estuary, the Modaomen is the largest passageway for flood relief with a strong dynamic mechanism of runoff. It has complex tidal currents and wave dynamics with the influences of circulation and monsoon, resulting in various shapes and evolutionary characteristics of the mouth bar. This paper analyses the dynamic characteristics of the Modaomen Outlet and the recent evolutionary patterns of its mouth bar. The study indicates: (1) In draught seasons (from October to March), the spring tides outside the mouth are usually weak, while the ebb tides in the southwest direction are often strong; But in flood seasons (from April to September), the spring tidal currents flow along the north-east side, while the ebb tidal currents flow in the southwest direction; (2) In draught seasons, there are stable alongshore currents in the southwest direction in the sea area outside the Modaomen, which is mainly controlled by the Northeast Monsoon of the South China Sea. In flood seasons, the directions of the alongshore currents are various, which are mainly influenced by the instability of runoff volumes and monsoons; (3) the inner slope of the bar moves southward due to the influences of the flood runoff and the external slope moves northward due to the influences of the waves on lifting the sands and the influences of the alongshore currents on sediment transport. In addition, the top of the mouth bar are heightened due to sedimentation and the south-north diameter shortens. Thus, in the inner part of the Modaomen, the N-direction ebb tides gradually merge into the SW-direction alongshore currents, and the mouth bar grow mainly in the southwest direction.

      T&F logoTaylor & Francis Group logo
      • Policies
        • Privacy Policy
        • Terms & Conditions
        • Cookie Policy
        • Privacy Policy
        • Terms & Conditions
        • Cookie Policy
      • Journals
        • Taylor & Francis Online
        • CogentOA
        • Taylor & Francis Online
        • CogentOA
      • Corporate
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
      • Help & Contact
        • Students/Researchers
        • Librarians/Institutions
        • Students/Researchers
        • Librarians/Institutions
      • Connect with us

      Connect with us

      Registered in England & Wales No. 3099067
      5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG © 2022 Informa UK Limited