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21 4 Vol21 No4 2003 11 THE OCEAN ENGINEERING Nov. 2003 :2003) 程和琴, 胡红兵, 蒋智勇, 王宝灿 ( , 200062) : 1993 GPY 18~ 40 m , : 416 m 88 m, 0. 92 cmh; 144 m 4. 9 m, 513 cmh, , : ; ; ; ; :TV148 : A Equili rium range spectra analysis of nearshore edforms in the East Qiongzhou Strait CHENG Heqin, HU Hong ing, JIANG Zhiyong, WANG Baocan ( State Key La oratory of Estuarine Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China) Abstract: Bedforms generated y currents and waves on a sandy ottom are of practical importance to near ottom flow, wave attenuation and sediment transport. The ed configurationswere detectedwith a Shallow Seismic Profiler GPY in 1993 in the east entrance of the Qiongzhou Strait, South China Sea. Direct measurements were made within two study areas at depths etween 18 m and 40 m. The measured records are analyzedwith spatial and temporal equili riumrange spectra. The results reveal the presence of asymmetric largescale sand dunes, and sym metric and asymmetric small- scale sand dunes composed of fine and medium sands. The largerscale dunes have an average spacing of 416m, a height of 8. 8 m and a celerity of 0. 92 cmh. The smaller- scale dunes have an average spacing of 144 m, a height of 4. 9 m and a celerity of 5. 13 cmh. The migration rates estimated in the present paper are much larger than those with theoretical and empirical flume data, while they are close to the field and wind tunnel data in a similar grain size. To sum up, the equili rium spectra analysis can e potentially applied to the temporal sta ility evaluation of nearshore edform. Key words: Qiongzhou Strait; edform; sta ility; equili rium- range anal