ABR: Factors Controlling Fluxes and Fates of Fluvial Sediments to the Ocean: An Accomplishment-Based Renewal

P.I.：米利曼提案编号：98-10758机构：弗吉尼亚学院这个项目将记录河流沉积到海洋环境(和海洋环境中)的通量和命运。排干新几内亚北部的河流流入一个非常狭窄的大陆架(因此，大多数沉积物逃逸到深海)，而南部河流排放到一个更宽的大陆架(据推测只有部分沉积物逃逸)；这一比较将从澳大利亚的一艘海洋船上进行。与位于青岛的海洋大学和中央研究院的科学家合作的研究项目将在黄河附近研究河流泥沙供应对海岸带的影响，中国。这项研究的最后一个方面将是综合现有数据，特别强调影响河流向海洋排放的环境因素和事件。

P.I.: Milliman Proposal Number: 98-10758 Institution: Virginia Inst. of Marine Sci.This project will document the flux and fate of fluvial sediments to (and within) the marine environment. Rivers draining northern New Guinea discharge onto a very narrow shelf (hence most sediment escapes to the deep sea) whereas southern rivers discharge onto a broader shelf (only some of the sediment presumably escapes); this comparative with will be conducted from an Australian oceanographic ship. The effect episodic changes of fluvial sediment supply to the coastal zone will be studied in the vicinity of the Yellow River, in a cooperative research project with scientists at Ocean University and Academia Sinica, both located in Qingdao, China. A final aspect of the study will be the synthesis of existing data, with particular emphasis on environmental factors and events that influence fluvial discharge to the ocean.