Preliminary Investigations on the Fate of Terrestrial Sediments in the Coastal Ocean Discharged From Taiwanese Small Mountainous Rivers

摘要

The long-term goal is to better understand sediment transport processes that are critical to our overall understanding on the fate of terrestrial sediment in the coastal ocean. This project makes the best use of the very high production rate of sediments on Taiwan. The sediment laden rivers of Taiwan may provide opportunities for direct observations of the fluid- sediment processes occurring during hyperpycnal plume events and other highly dynamic sediment transport processes. The objective of this project is to carry out preliminary studies on sediment discharge in Taiwanese rivers and their deposition in the coastal environments. The final report of this 3-year project will be used to create a comprehensive white paper for ONR Coastal Geosciences Program in order to propose an international collaborative, large-scale process- based field experimental initiative on FY11 that is relevant to Naval applications and interests.