大型海底_海岸和沙漠沙丘的形态和迁移特征.pdfVIP

第 16 卷第6 期 地学前缘( 中国地质大学( 北京) ; 北京大学) Vol. 16 No. 6 2009 年 11 月 Earth Scien ce Frontiers ( Ch ina University of Geosciences(Beijing) ; Pe ing University) Nov. 2009 大型海底、海岸和沙漠沙丘的形态和迁移特征 高 抒 南京大学 海岸与海岛开发教育部重点实验室, 江苏南京 210093 Gao Shu Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Coast and Island Development, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China Gao Shu. Morphological and migration characteristics of large2 scaled submarine, coastal and desert sand dunes. E a rth Scien ce F r ont ier s, 2009, 16( 6) :01 2 022 Abstract: The migrat ion of submarine, coastal and desert dunes is influenced by their morphological parame2 ters. Analysis of the wave height and length of some representat ive large2 scaled dunes indicates that t hese pa2 rameters are highly different among the submarine, coastal and desert dunes, with the height being the smal2 lest for the submarine dunes and the largest for the desert dunes for the same range of lengths. Such phenome2 na are mainly due to the difference in the thic ness of the fluid over the bedforms and secondly due to the sedi2 ment supply. In shallow marine environments, the water depth represents a limiting factor for upward growth of the dunes, whilst on land the thic atmospheric layer provides the space for dune growth; in deserts, rela2 tively abundant sand supply, as compared with the coastal environment , results in full growth of the dunes. There tends to be deviations of the height2length data points from statistical 2L curves; numerical experi2 ments demonstrate that such deviat ions may be associated with the bedload transport rate. Along the t ransport pat hways, if the transport rate increases or decreases, t hen the resultant 2L data may systematically deviate from t he standard curve; li ewise, rapid decrease in the transport rate can reduce significant ly the d