A DISCUSSION ON SEDIMENT DYNAMICS

HE Qixiang

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1140.2010.04001

2010 Vol. 30, No. 4

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HE Qixiang. A DISCUSSION ON SEDIMENT DYNAMICS[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2010, 30(4): 1-10. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2010.04001

A DISCUSSION ON SEDIMENT DYNAMICS

HE Qixiang

Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao, 266071, China

Received Date: 10 July 2010

Revised Date: 20 July 2010

Abstract

Abstract

In the past decades, sedimentologists have made great efforts to investigate the relation of the grain size and structures or bedforms of a sediment with its hydrodynamic environment through experiments, in-situ monitoring and the study of ancient sedimentary records. This paper recalled the history of sediment dynamics, and discussed the dynamic implication of grain size and structures of sediments. Grain size and structures are useful tools for environmental reconstruction. But they are both multi-variable functions, which are influenced by various dynamic factors including the source of sediments and the dynamic field of a sink. It is impossible to get a single solution through either grain size or structures. The author suggests learning from history the experiences in reconstruction of dynamic environments upon depositional features. Integrated study of sedimentary sequences is required to approach a rationale conclusion. The achievements of the study of grain size and structures, however, have certainly paved the way for the hydrodynamic reconstruction of an environment, and further study of these features should not be ignored.
- sediment dynamics /
- grain size /
- bedforms /
- flume experiment /
- hyperpycnal flow

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