Progressive modifications in submarine topography and shorelines drastically affect tidal dynamics in bays.This study examines the influence of topographic slope,bay length,and driving forces on tidal currents followi...Progressive modifications in submarine topography and shorelines drastically affect tidal dynamics in bays.This study examines the influence of topographic slope,bay length,and driving forces on tidal currents following land reclamation.Tidal equa-tions are analytically solved using infinite series,deriving expressions for tidal levels and currents in narrow bays with varying topog-raphy.Tidal levels,influenced by topographic variations,are characterized by amplitude and phase lag of their complex amplitude.These levels demonstrate high sensitivity to longitudinal slope variations but remain relatively stable under lateral slope changes.Un-der constant topographic slopes,even minor changes in bay length can drastically modify amplitude and phase lag,highlighting the sensitivity of tidal dynamics to geometric alterations.Tidal velocity notably increases with steeper longitudinal slopes and modestly rises with elevated lateral slopes.However,changes in longitudinal and lateral slopes do not considerably alter flow patterns.While external forces predominantly regulate tidal velocity with negligible effects on flow patterns,endogenous resistance influences veloci-ty but minimally impacts flow structure.These findings enhance the understanding of tidal responses to geometric and topographic changes,providing valuable guidance for land reclamation projects and coastal management strategies.展开更多
This study presents an inversion method to recover the tidal flow velocity using tidal signals extracted from geomagnetic satellite dataset.By integrating the latest Earth conductivity profile and the Earth's magn...This study presents an inversion method to recover the tidal flow velocity using tidal signals extracted from geomagnetic satellite dataset.By integrating the latest Earth conductivity profile and the Earth's magnetic field model,the limited memory quasi-Newton method(L-BFGS)is used to directly invert seawater flow velocities.We used the radial component of the induced magnetic field as the observed data,constructed an L_(2)-norm-based data misfit term using theoretical response and observed data,and applied smoothness constraints to the ocean flow velocity.The results agree well with the widely used HAMTIDE model in low-and mid-latitude regions,which is attributed to Macao Science Satellite-1's(MSS-1)unique low-inclination orbit of full coverage in these areas.These findings underscore MSS-1's potential to advance research on tidal-induced magnetic fields and their applications in ocean dynamics studies.展开更多
Arsenic(As)pollution in coastal wetlands has been receiving growing attention.However,the exact mechanism of As mobility driven by tidal action is still not completely understood.The results reveal that lower total As...Arsenic(As)pollution in coastal wetlands has been receiving growing attention.However,the exact mechanism of As mobility driven by tidal action is still not completely understood.The results reveal that lower total As concentrations in solution were observed in the flood-ebb treatment(FE),with the highest concentration being 7.1μg/L,and As(V)was the predominant species.However,elevated levels of total As in solution were found in the flooded treatment(FL),with a maximum value of 14.5μg/L after 30 days,and As(III)was the predominant form.The results of dissolved organicmatter(DOM)suggest that in the early to mid-stages of the incubation,fulvic acid-like substances might be utilized by microorganisms as electron donors or shuttle bodies,facilitating the reductive release of As/Fe from sediments.Both flood-ebb and flooded treatments promoted the transformation of crystalline iron hydrous oxides-bound As into residual forms.However,prolonged flooded conditions more readily facilitated the formation of specific adsorption forms of As and the reduction of crystalline iron hydrous oxides-bound As,increasing As mobility.In addition,the flood-ebb tides have been found to increase the diversity ofmicrobial populations.The main microbial genera in the flood-ebb treatment included Salinimicrobium,Erythrobacter,Yangia,Sulfitobacter,and Marinobacter.Bacillus,Psychrobacter,and Yangia showed a significant correlation with As(V).In flooded treatment,Bacillus,Pseudomonas,and Geothermobacter played a major role in the reduction and release of As.This study significantly contributes to the current understanding of how As behaves in diverse natural environments.展开更多
A numerical investigation on the effectiveness of the actuator disc method in producing the interactions of multiple tidal stream devices via the 3D-RANS finite element model Telemac3D is explored. The methodology for...A numerical investigation on the effectiveness of the actuator disc method in producing the interactions of multiple tidal stream devices via the 3D-RANS finite element model Telemac3D is explored. The methodology for the implementation of the source term to represent an array of 20 m rotor diameter turbines deployed in an idealized channel is reviewed and discussed in detail. Flow interactions between multiple turbines are investigated for a single row arrangement with only two turbines and a two row arrangement containing three turbines. The results demonstrate that the non-hydrostatic solver shows better agreement when validated against published experimental data. Notably,the mesh density at the device location can strongly influence the simulated thrust from the disc. Although the actuator disc model can generally replicate the wake interactions well, the results indicate that it cannot accurately characterize the flow for regions with high turbulences. While a model setup with the largest lateral spacing(1.5D) demonstrates excellent agreement with the experimental data, the 0.5D model(smallest gap) deviates by up to 25%. These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the applied source term in reproducing the wake profile, which is comparable with the published data, and highlight the inherent nature of the RANS and actuator disc models.展开更多
Sepsis management has significantly improved over the past decades,with intensivists playing a pivotal role in its identification and treatment.[1,2]However,resource constraints in large tertiary hospitals in China li...Sepsis management has significantly improved over the past decades,with intensivists playing a pivotal role in its identification and treatment.[1,2]However,resource constraints in large tertiary hospitals in China limit patient admissions,leading to overcrowding in the emergency departments(EDs)with critically ill patients.[3]This highlights the urgent need for enhanced risk stratification and optimized sepsis management in emergency settings.展开更多
A floating horizontal-axis tidal current turbine(HATT)is an underwater power generation device where cavitation inevitably occurs on blade surfaces,severely affecting a turbine’s lifespan.Under wave action,these floa...A floating horizontal-axis tidal current turbine(HATT)is an underwater power generation device where cavitation inevitably occurs on blade surfaces,severely affecting a turbine’s lifespan.Under wave action,these floating turbines exhibit six degrees of freedom motion,potentially intensifying the cavitation on the blade surfaces.This study selects three types of oscillatory motions from the six degrees of freedom:roll,yaw,and pitch.Computational fluid dynamics(CFD)methods are used for numerical calculations,and transient simulations of multiphase flow are conducted on the basis of the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS)model.Research has revealed strong correlations between flow velocity,the blade tip speed ratio,and cavitation.During oscillatory motion,the motion period and amplitude also significantly impact cavitation.In roll motion,the cavitation rate can increase by up to 59%with decreasing period,whereas in pitch and yaw motions,the increases are 7.57 times and 36%larger,respectively.With an increase in amplitude during roll motion,the cavitation rate can increase by up to 1.08 times,whereas in pitch and yaw motions,the increases are 3.49 times and 45%,respectively.The cavitation rate on the blade surfaces is the highest in pitch motion,followed by roll and yaw motions.展开更多
Ecological water supplement projects have been implemented in many coastal wetlands,influencing saltmarsh vegetation restoration by altering tidal creek development.To clarify the effectiveness of ecological water sup...Ecological water supplement projects have been implemented in many coastal wetlands,influencing saltmarsh vegetation restoration by altering tidal creek development.To clarify the effectiveness of ecological water supplement on tidal creek development and saltmarsh vegetation restoration,time series of high-resolution remote sensing images from2000 to 2021 were used to extract and analyze tidal creeks and saltmarsh vegetation in the Diaokou Estuary Reserve.The results are summarized as follows:(1)All tidal creek indices,except curvature,exhibited a significant linear increase with time,while curvature initially decreased and increased afterwards.The 5-year cumulative ecological water supplement volume was significantly positively correlated(R^(2)>0.7)with all tidal creek indices.(2)During the same period,most landscape pattern metrics of Phragmites australis increased,while those of Tamarix chinensis initially increased and then declined.Although the class area(CA)of Suaeda salsa increased with time,its perimeter-area fractal dimension(PAFRAC)and aggregation index(AI)fluctuated.(3)The CA of P.australis and S.salsa was significantly positively correlated with most tidal creek indices except curvature,while that of T.chinensis showed no significant correlation with any tidal creek index.Moreover,the AI and PAFRAC of P.australis were significantly positively correlated with fractal dimension,frequency/curvature of tidal creeks,respectively,while those of S.salsa and T.chinensis exhibited no significant correlation.In summary,the ecological water supplement project enhanced tidal creek development in coastal wetlands,promoting the restoration of P.australis and S.salsa,while having little impact on the restoration of T.chinensis.展开更多
Understanding the undular tidal bores in the Qiantang River is essential for effective river management and maintenance.While breaking tidal bores have been studied extensively, reports on undular tidal bores in the Q...Understanding the undular tidal bores in the Qiantang River is essential for effective river management and maintenance.While breaking tidal bores have been studied extensively, reports on undular tidal bores in the Qiantang Riverremain limited. Furthermore, observed data on undular tidal bores fulfilling the requirements of short measurementtime intervals, and spring, medium, and neap tide coverage, and providing detailed data for the global vertical stratificationof flow velocity are quite limited. Based on field observations at Qige in the Qiantang estuary, we analyzedthe characteristics of undular tidal bores. The results showed that the flooding amplitude (a) of the first wave isalways larger than its ebbing amplitude (b). Moreover, the vertical distribution of the maximum flood velocity exhibitesthree shapes, influenced by the tidal range, while that of the maximum ebb velocity exhibites a single shape. Duringthe initial phase of the flood tide in the spring and medium tides, the upper water body experiences multiple oscillatingchanges along the flow direction, corresponding to the alternating process of the crest and trough of the tide levelupon the arrival of the tidal bore. The tidal range is a crucial parameter in tidal bore hydrodynamics. By establishingthe relationship between hydrodynamic parameters and tidal range, other hydrodynamic parameters, such as the tidalbore height, maximum flood depth–averaged velocity, maximum flood stratified velocity at the measurement points,and duration of the flood tide current, can be effectively predicted, thereby providing an important reference for rivermanagement and maintenance.展开更多
Coastal management in China is confronted with an urgent choice between natural restoration and maintenance of existing seawalls and reclaimed land for economic development.A key criterion for making this decision is ...Coastal management in China is confronted with an urgent choice between natural restoration and maintenance of existing seawalls and reclaimed land for economic development.A key criterion for making this decision is the resilience to coastal flooding,which depends on the ability to predict tidal level.Tidal duration asymmetry(TDA)is a key parameter in determination of the arrival and duration of flood tides.This study selected the western inner shelf of the Yellow Sea(WYS)as the study area and investigated the responses of TDA to different shoreline configurations and relative sea level rise.The responses of TDA to shoreline reconstruction yielded spatial variability locally and remotely.In the nearshore area,the responses of TDA to the complex ocean environment mainly originated from the combined functions of reflection,bottom friction,and advection,which controlled the energy transfer from M2 or S2 constituents to their overtides or compound tides.The sensitivity of TDA to coastline typologies was not limited to coastal waters but could stretch over the entire inner shelf.The vulnerability of tidal responses was due to the displacement of the M2 amphidrome of the Kelvin wave on the WYS,which in turn changed tidal energy fluxes over the regime.The relative sea level rise could intensify the feedback of TDA to seawalls and land reclamation.展开更多
Coastal wetlands are hotspots for nitrogen(N)cycling,and crab burrowing is known to transform N in intertidal marsh soils.However,the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.This study conducted field experiments and use...Coastal wetlands are hotspots for nitrogen(N)cycling,and crab burrowing is known to transform N in intertidal marsh soils.However,the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.This study conducted field experiments and used indoor control test devices to investigate the seasonal response of nitrogen to crab disturbance at the sediment-water interface in coastal tidal flat wetlands.The results showed that crab disturbance exhibited significant seasonality with large seasonal differences in cave density and depth.Due to crab disturbance,nitrogen fuxes at the sediment-water interface were much greater in the box with crabs than in the box without crabs.In summer,NH-N showed a positive flux from the sediment to the overlying water,but NO2-N and NOg-N showed positive fluxes from the sediment to the overlying water only in early stages.In winter,NH-N showed a positive flux from the sediment to the overlying water,but NO-N and NO,-N both exhibited positive and negative fluxes.These results indicated that the presence of crab burrows can cause the aerobic layer to move downward by approximately 8-15 cm in summer and directly promote nitrification at the sediment surface.展开更多
To address the mooring issues of floating photovoltaic systems in areas with large tidal variations,three mooring schemes were designed and compared in this paper:anchor chain,anchor chain with added weights,and ancho...To address the mooring issues of floating photovoltaic systems in areas with large tidal variations,three mooring schemes were designed and compared in this paper:anchor chain,anchor chain with added weights,and anchor chain with Superflex.The model was established via the numerical simulation tool Orcaflex,which considers the combined effects of wind,waves,and currents.A time-domain coupled dynamic analysis was conducted on the performance of the three mooring schemes under various tidal conditions to determine the mooring cable tension and platform motion response.Furthermore,the mooring system with an anchor chain and Superflex was optimized,with a focus on analyzing the effects of the Superflex length,the diameter of the anchor chains,and the mooring radius.The mooring system with the anchor chain and Superflex exhibits more controllable and stable mooring performance in areas with large tidal variations,so that it more effectively maintains the required mooring tension level.These findings not only provide a reference for the feasibility and optimization design of photovoltaic systems in areas with large tidal variations but also offer valuable experience for the sustainable application of clean energy under specific environmental conditions.展开更多
The utilization and development of tidal current energy can help alleviate the current energy shortage,improve the global ecological environment,and maintain sustainable development.In this study,numerical simulation ...The utilization and development of tidal current energy can help alleviate the current energy shortage,improve the global ecological environment,and maintain sustainable development.In this study,numerical simulation is carried out on a rectangular grid using Delft3D.The tidal current energy potential of the major channels in the Bohai Strait is further simulated and estimated by comparing the simulated and measured data.Results show that the flow module in Delft3D has good modeling ability for the assessment of tidal current energy potential.The average flow velocity,maximum flow velocity,and energy flow density are consistent.The Laotieshan Channel,located in the northern part of the Bohai Strait,shows a large tidal current energy potential.The maximum flow velocity of this channel can reach 2 m s-1,and the maximum energy flow density can exceed 500 W m-2.The tidal current energy in the Laotieshan Channel is more than 10 times that in other channels.Therefore,this study advocates for the continued exploration and exploitation of the tidal current energy resources in the Laotieshan Channel.展开更多
Most studies on solute transport in coastal aquifers affected by tides focus on the transport of instantaneous released solute,and there are few studies on continuously released solute affected by tides.In this study,...Most studies on solute transport in coastal aquifers affected by tides focus on the transport of instantaneous released solute,and there are few studies on continuously released solute affected by tides.In this study,the image monitoring method is used to establish the quantitative relationship between the concentration of the colored tracer and the hue value of the image,and the digital image is used to determine the tracer concentration distribution.Using image monitoring method laboratory experiments,quantitative analysis of the characteristics of continuously released solute transport in coastal unconfined aquifers under the tidal influence.Experiments show that the high tide inhibits the increase in the concentration of each point in the aquifer.Under the influence of tides,the solute plume retreats towards the land.During the low tide period,the solute plume migrates toward the sea again.And the solute plume will maintain a relatively stable shape after entering the aquifer for a long enough time.Ignoring the tidal effect seems to have little effect on the estimation of the position of the solute plume,but ignoring the tidal effect has a certain influence on the estimation of the dispersion range of the solute plume.No matter whether considering the tidal action,the final dispersion range of the solute plume is almost the same.But before the solute plume reaches a stable state,ignoring the tidal effect will lead to a smaller dispersion range of the solute plume.展开更多
Coastal tidal creeks are important channels for exchanges of material and energy between sea and land,and play an important role in the ecological protection of tidal flats.Although tidal creeks have evolved different...Coastal tidal creeks are important channels for exchanges of material and energy between sea and land,and play an important role in the ecological protection of tidal flats.Although tidal creeks have evolved differently in various regions,the evolutionary process of tidal creeks in the Huanghe(Yellow)River delta of China,one of the most active deltas worldwide,is not entirely clear.Therefore,the evolution of tidal creeks in the delta from 1981 to 2021 was investigated by quantitatively analysing the tidal creeks and developing a standard for dividing their evolution periods.Visual interpretation and supervised classification methods were applied to the Landsat images to extract the tidal creek network,and 17 groups of tidal creek systems were selected.Results indicate that Creek S 1 was the most developed creek for having 113 tidal creeks totaling 65.8 km in length,while Creek E 3 had the fastest growth rate for having average annual increase of 1.9 km.Meanwhile,the level of tidal creeks increased,the average and median lengths of tidal creeks increased,and the number of tidal creeks decreased since 1981.The evolution of the tidal creek system could be divided into four stages,namely,rising,developing,stabilizing,and degrading.Analyses of a representative tidal creek show that there was no degenerated tidal creek during the rising period,with an increase in the number of 50 and a length increase of 57.9 km between 1981 and 1989.The proportion of new tidal creeks in the developing period was more than 50%and the new tidal creeks in the stabilizing period were equal to the degraded tidal creeks.Extinct tidal creeks were greater than 50%during the degrading period.There was no fixed order of tidal creek evolution in each period,and there may be a skip in evolution.Our findings provided a reference for studying the evolution of tidal creeks.展开更多
The change processes and trends of shoreline and tidal flat forced by human activities are essential issues for the sustainability of coastal area,which is also of great significance for understanding coastal ecologic...The change processes and trends of shoreline and tidal flat forced by human activities are essential issues for the sustainability of coastal area,which is also of great significance for understanding coastal ecological environment changes and even global changes.Based on field measurements,combined with Linear Regression(LR)model and Inverse Distance Weighing(IDW)method,this paper presents detailed analysis on the change history and trend of the shoreline and tidal flat in Bohai Bay.The shoreline faces a high erosion chance under the action of natural factors,while the tidal flat faces a different erosion and deposition patterns in Bohai Bay due to the impact of human activities.The implication of change rule for ecological protection and recovery is also discussed.Measures should be taken to protect the coastal ecological environment.The models used in this paper show a high correlation coefficient between observed and modeling data,which means that this method can be used to predict the changing trend of shoreline and tidal flat.The research results of present study can provide scientific supports for future coastal protection and management.展开更多
The complexity of river-tide interaction poses a significant challenge in predicting discharge in tidal rivers.Long short-term memory(LSTM)networks excel in processing and predicting crucial events with extended inter...The complexity of river-tide interaction poses a significant challenge in predicting discharge in tidal rivers.Long short-term memory(LSTM)networks excel in processing and predicting crucial events with extended intervals and time delays in time series data.Additionally,the sequence-to-sequence(Seq2Seq)model,known for handling temporal relationships,adapting to variable-length sequences,effectively capturing historical information,and accommodating various influencing factors,emerges as a robust and flexible tool in discharge forecasting.In this study,we introduce the application of LSTM-based Seq2Seq models for the first time in forecasting the discharge of a tidal reach of the Changjiang River(Yangtze River)Estuary.This study focuses on discharge forecasting using three key input characteristics:flow velocity,water level,and discharge,which means the structure of multiple input and single output is adopted.The experiment used the discharge data of the whole year of 2020,of which the first 80%is used as the training set,and the last 20%is used as the test set.This means that the data covers different tidal cycles,which helps to test the forecasting effect of different models in different tidal cycles and different runoff.The experimental results indicate that the proposed models demonstrate advantages in long-term,mid-term,and short-term discharge forecasting.The Seq2Seq models improved by 6%-60%and 5%-20%of the relative standard deviation compared to the harmonic analysis models and improved back propagation neural network models in discharge prediction,respectively.In addition,the relative accuracy of the Seq2Seq model is 1%to 3%higher than that of the LSTM model.Analytical assessment of the prediction errors shows that the Seq2Seq models are insensitive to the forecast lead time and they can capture characteristic values such as maximum flood tide flow and maximum ebb tide flow in the tidal cycle well.This indicates the significance of the Seq2Seq models.展开更多
Estuaries are often a significant source of atmospheric CO_(2).However,studies of carbonate systems have predominantly focused on large estuaries,while smaller estuaries have scarcely been documented.In this study,we ...Estuaries are often a significant source of atmospheric CO_(2).However,studies of carbonate systems have predominantly focused on large estuaries,while smaller estuaries have scarcely been documented.In this study,we collected surface and bottom seawater carbonate samples in the subtropical Jiulong River Estuary across different tidal levels from 2019 to 2021.The results showed that estuarine mixing of freshwater from the river with seawater was the dominant factor influencing the estuarine carbonate system.Moreover,estuarine mixing is concomitantly impacted by the net metabolism of biological production and decomposition,groundwater input,release of CO_(2)from the estuary,and precipitation or dissolution of calcium carbonate.The estuarine partial pressure of CO_(2)(pCO_(2))varied from 530μatm to 7715μatm,which represents a strong source of atmospheric CO_(2).The mean annual air-sea CO_(2)flux estimated from three different parameterized equations was approximately(25.63±10.25)mol/(m2·a).Furthermore,the annual emission to the atmosphere was approximately(0.031±0.012)Tg C,which accounts for a mere 0.0077%−0.015%of global estuarine emissions.Dissolved inorganic carbon(DIC),total alkalinity(TA)and the pCO_(2)exhibited high variability throughout the tidal cycle across all cruises.Specifically,the disparities observed between DIC and TA during low and high tides at identical stations during all cruises ranged from approximately 15%to 30%.The variance in the pCO_(2)was even more pronounced,ranging from approximately 30%to 40%.Thus,tidal discrepancies may need to be taken into consideration to estimate the CO_(2)flux from estuarine systems more accurately.展开更多
Oyster aquaculture in Oualidia Lagoon,Morocco,has suffered from poor water quality and water confinement in its upstream region.Tidal asymmetry(TA)has been suggested as a possible cause,and a sediment trap was dredged...Oyster aquaculture in Oualidia Lagoon,Morocco,has suffered from poor water quality and water confinement in its upstream region.Tidal asymmetry(TA)has been suggested as a possible cause,and a sediment trap was dredged in 2011 to mitigate this condition.This study addresses TA in the lagoon using field measurements and numerical modeling in the presence of the sediment trap.Results indicate that the lagoon is flood-dominated mostly in its upstream end,where frictional forces exceed inertia accelerations during the tidal cycle and fine sediments settle on the tidal flats and inside the sediment trap.However,this study shows that a large mass of suspended sediments is exported to the ocean,which is contrary to expectations in flood-dominated lagoons.Defining the sediment trap as the rehabilitation scenario S1,the impacts of three additional scenarios on TA are examined.These are scenario S2(dredging the upstream section of the main channel),scenario S3(dredging the channels surrounding the flood delta near the inlets),and scenario S4(raising the ocean level by 0.5 m following climate change predictions).Results show that none of these scenarios modify the tidal flood dominance in the lagoon,although scenarios S2 and S4 decrease its intensity in the upstream region.Nevertheless,all scenarios still contribute to a significant export of sediments to the ocean.This suggests that lagoon management activities should not rely on tidal asymmetry analyses that normally predict upstream sediment transport in flood-dominated lagoons.展开更多
For a better understanding of the strong heterogeneities of the Mishrif Formation in the H Oilfield of southeast Iraq, the characterization of the carbonate architectures has become one of the key research departments...For a better understanding of the strong heterogeneities of the Mishrif Formation in the H Oilfield of southeast Iraq, the characterization of the carbonate architectures has become one of the key research departments of carbonate rocks. This study aims to reveal the architecture and controlling factors of the carbonate tidal channels in the MB1-2B sub-layer of the Mishrif Formation in response to the delineation of the tidal channels that have hydrocarbon potential. Three architectural elements and three architectural boundaries of the tidal channels were identified by interpreting the cores, well-logging, seismic,and analytical data. The results show that:(1) the architecture characteristics of tidal channels are mainly migrating type in the downstream zone, the side of concave bank of the tidal channels is usually filled with relatively coarse-grained grainstone;(2) the architecture characteristics of tidal channels are mainly swinging type in the upstream zone, showing the high porosity and permeability;(3) the architecture characteristics of tidal channels are mainly vertical-accretion type in the mid-regions, indicating the instantaneous current reversals and high geographical position. This analysis demonstrates that the best reservoir quality within the tidal channels is located in the bend of the tidal channel near the inner lagoon and open sea, it provides the geological models for later exploration and development in the Mishrif Formation.展开更多
The rotation of the Earth and the related length of the day (LOD) are predominantly affected by tidal dissipation through the Moon and the growth of the Earth’s core. Due to the increased concentration of mass around...The rotation of the Earth and the related length of the day (LOD) are predominantly affected by tidal dissipation through the Moon and the growth of the Earth’s core. Due to the increased concentration of mass around the rotation axis of the spinning Earth during the growth of the core the rotation should have been accelerated. Controversially the tidal dissipation by the Moon, which is mainly dependent on the availability of open shallow seas and the kind of Moon escape from a nearby position, acts towards a deceleration of the rotating Earth. Measurements of LOD for Phanerozoic and Precambrian times open ways to solve questions concerning the geodynamical history of the Earth. These measurements encompass investigations of growth patterns in fossils and depositional patterns in sediments (Cyclostratigraphy, Tidalites, Stromatolites, Rhythmites). These patterns contain information on the LOD and on the changing distance between Earth and Moon and can be used as well for a discussion about the growth of the Earth’s core. By updating an older paper with its simple approach as well as incorporating newly published results provided by the geoscientific community, a moderate to fast growth of the core in a hot early Earth will be favored controversially to the assumption of a delayed development of the core in an originally cold Earth. Core development with acceleration of Earth’s rotation and the contemporaneous slowing down due to tidal dissipation during the filling of the ocean may significantly interrelate.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Sci-ence Foundation of China(No.U2106204)the Shanxi Water Conservancy Science and Technology Re-search and Extension Project(No.2023ZF19).
文摘Progressive modifications in submarine topography and shorelines drastically affect tidal dynamics in bays.This study examines the influence of topographic slope,bay length,and driving forces on tidal currents following land reclamation.Tidal equa-tions are analytically solved using infinite series,deriving expressions for tidal levels and currents in narrow bays with varying topog-raphy.Tidal levels,influenced by topographic variations,are characterized by amplitude and phase lag of their complex amplitude.These levels demonstrate high sensitivity to longitudinal slope variations but remain relatively stable under lateral slope changes.Un-der constant topographic slopes,even minor changes in bay length can drastically modify amplitude and phase lag,highlighting the sensitivity of tidal dynamics to geometric alterations.Tidal velocity notably increases with steeper longitudinal slopes and modestly rises with elevated lateral slopes.However,changes in longitudinal and lateral slopes do not considerably alter flow patterns.While external forces predominantly regulate tidal velocity with negligible effects on flow patterns,endogenous resistance influences veloci-ty but minimally impacts flow structure.These findings enhance the understanding of tidal responses to geometric and topographic changes,providing valuable guidance for land reclamation projects and coastal management strategies.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42250102,42250101)the Macao Foundation。
文摘This study presents an inversion method to recover the tidal flow velocity using tidal signals extracted from geomagnetic satellite dataset.By integrating the latest Earth conductivity profile and the Earth's magnetic field model,the limited memory quasi-Newton method(L-BFGS)is used to directly invert seawater flow velocities.We used the radial component of the induced magnetic field as the observed data,constructed an L_(2)-norm-based data misfit term using theoretical response and observed data,and applied smoothness constraints to the ocean flow velocity.The results agree well with the widely used HAMTIDE model in low-and mid-latitude regions,which is attributed to Macao Science Satellite-1's(MSS-1)unique low-inclination orbit of full coverage in these areas.These findings underscore MSS-1's potential to advance research on tidal-induced magnetic fields and their applications in ocean dynamics studies.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41977283)the Qing Lan Project of Jiangsu Province of China.
文摘Arsenic(As)pollution in coastal wetlands has been receiving growing attention.However,the exact mechanism of As mobility driven by tidal action is still not completely understood.The results reveal that lower total As concentrations in solution were observed in the flood-ebb treatment(FE),with the highest concentration being 7.1μg/L,and As(V)was the predominant species.However,elevated levels of total As in solution were found in the flooded treatment(FL),with a maximum value of 14.5μg/L after 30 days,and As(III)was the predominant form.The results of dissolved organicmatter(DOM)suggest that in the early to mid-stages of the incubation,fulvic acid-like substances might be utilized by microorganisms as electron donors or shuttle bodies,facilitating the reductive release of As/Fe from sediments.Both flood-ebb and flooded treatments promoted the transformation of crystalline iron hydrous oxides-bound As into residual forms.However,prolonged flooded conditions more readily facilitated the formation of specific adsorption forms of As and the reduction of crystalline iron hydrous oxides-bound As,increasing As mobility.In addition,the flood-ebb tides have been found to increase the diversity ofmicrobial populations.The main microbial genera in the flood-ebb treatment included Salinimicrobium,Erythrobacter,Yangia,Sulfitobacter,and Marinobacter.Bacillus,Psychrobacter,and Yangia showed a significant correlation with As(V).In flooded treatment,Bacillus,Pseudomonas,and Geothermobacter played a major role in the reduction and release of As.This study significantly contributes to the current understanding of how As behaves in diverse natural environments.
文摘A numerical investigation on the effectiveness of the actuator disc method in producing the interactions of multiple tidal stream devices via the 3D-RANS finite element model Telemac3D is explored. The methodology for the implementation of the source term to represent an array of 20 m rotor diameter turbines deployed in an idealized channel is reviewed and discussed in detail. Flow interactions between multiple turbines are investigated for a single row arrangement with only two turbines and a two row arrangement containing three turbines. The results demonstrate that the non-hydrostatic solver shows better agreement when validated against published experimental data. Notably,the mesh density at the device location can strongly influence the simulated thrust from the disc. Although the actuator disc model can generally replicate the wake interactions well, the results indicate that it cannot accurately characterize the flow for regions with high turbulences. While a model setup with the largest lateral spacing(1.5D) demonstrates excellent agreement with the experimental data, the 0.5D model(smallest gap) deviates by up to 25%. These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the applied source term in reproducing the wake profile, which is comparable with the published data, and highlight the inherent nature of the RANS and actuator disc models.
基金supported by grants from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(2021-I2M-1-062,to BD).
文摘Sepsis management has significantly improved over the past decades,with intensivists playing a pivotal role in its identification and treatment.[1,2]However,resource constraints in large tertiary hospitals in China limit patient admissions,leading to overcrowding in the emergency departments(EDs)with critically ill patients.[3]This highlights the urgent need for enhanced risk stratification and optimized sepsis management in emergency settings.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52171261).
文摘A floating horizontal-axis tidal current turbine(HATT)is an underwater power generation device where cavitation inevitably occurs on blade surfaces,severely affecting a turbine’s lifespan.Under wave action,these floating turbines exhibit six degrees of freedom motion,potentially intensifying the cavitation on the blade surfaces.This study selects three types of oscillatory motions from the six degrees of freedom:roll,yaw,and pitch.Computational fluid dynamics(CFD)methods are used for numerical calculations,and transient simulations of multiphase flow are conducted on the basis of the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS)model.Research has revealed strong correlations between flow velocity,the blade tip speed ratio,and cavitation.During oscillatory motion,the motion period and amplitude also significantly impact cavitation.In roll motion,the cavitation rate can increase by up to 59%with decreasing period,whereas in pitch and yaw motions,the increases are 7.57 times and 36%larger,respectively.With an increase in amplitude during roll motion,the cavitation rate can increase by up to 1.08 times,whereas in pitch and yaw motions,the increases are 3.49 times and 45%,respectively.The cavitation rate on the blade surfaces is the highest in pitch motion,followed by roll and yaw motions.
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China,No.2022YFC3204302China National Admin-istration of Coal Geology,No.ZMKJ-2021-ZX04。
文摘Ecological water supplement projects have been implemented in many coastal wetlands,influencing saltmarsh vegetation restoration by altering tidal creek development.To clarify the effectiveness of ecological water supplement on tidal creek development and saltmarsh vegetation restoration,time series of high-resolution remote sensing images from2000 to 2021 were used to extract and analyze tidal creeks and saltmarsh vegetation in the Diaokou Estuary Reserve.The results are summarized as follows:(1)All tidal creek indices,except curvature,exhibited a significant linear increase with time,while curvature initially decreased and increased afterwards.The 5-year cumulative ecological water supplement volume was significantly positively correlated(R^(2)>0.7)with all tidal creek indices.(2)During the same period,most landscape pattern metrics of Phragmites australis increased,while those of Tamarix chinensis initially increased and then declined.Although the class area(CA)of Suaeda salsa increased with time,its perimeter-area fractal dimension(PAFRAC)and aggregation index(AI)fluctuated.(3)The CA of P.australis and S.salsa was significantly positively correlated with most tidal creek indices except curvature,while that of T.chinensis showed no significant correlation with any tidal creek index.Moreover,the AI and PAFRAC of P.australis were significantly positively correlated with fractal dimension,frequency/curvature of tidal creeks,respectively,while those of S.salsa and T.chinensis exhibited no significant correlation.In summary,the ecological water supplement project enhanced tidal creek development in coastal wetlands,promoting the restoration of P.australis and S.salsa,while having little impact on the restoration of T.chinensis.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42276176)the Joint Funds of the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.LZJWZ23E090006)+2 种基金the Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Water Resources(Grant No.RC2233)the Key Project of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.LZJWZ23E090003)the Joint Funds of the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.LZJWY24E090002).
文摘Understanding the undular tidal bores in the Qiantang River is essential for effective river management and maintenance.While breaking tidal bores have been studied extensively, reports on undular tidal bores in the Qiantang Riverremain limited. Furthermore, observed data on undular tidal bores fulfilling the requirements of short measurementtime intervals, and spring, medium, and neap tide coverage, and providing detailed data for the global vertical stratificationof flow velocity are quite limited. Based on field observations at Qige in the Qiantang estuary, we analyzedthe characteristics of undular tidal bores. The results showed that the flooding amplitude (a) of the first wave isalways larger than its ebbing amplitude (b). Moreover, the vertical distribution of the maximum flood velocity exhibitesthree shapes, influenced by the tidal range, while that of the maximum ebb velocity exhibites a single shape. Duringthe initial phase of the flood tide in the spring and medium tides, the upper water body experiences multiple oscillatingchanges along the flow direction, corresponding to the alternating process of the crest and trough of the tide levelupon the arrival of the tidal bore. The tidal range is a crucial parameter in tidal bore hydrodynamics. By establishingthe relationship between hydrodynamic parameters and tidal range, other hydrodynamic parameters, such as the tidalbore height, maximum flood depth–averaged velocity, maximum flood stratified velocity at the measurement points,and duration of the flood tide current, can be effectively predicted, thereby providing an important reference for rivermanagement and maintenance.
基金supported by the Joint Foundation of the Ministry of Education(Grant No.8091B022123)the Water Science and Technology Project of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.2022023)+1 种基金the Project of the Key Technologies of Port Engineering Construction under Medium and Long Period Wave Conditions(Grant No.ZJ2015-1)the Open Funding from the Key Laboratory of Port,Waterway and Sedimentation Engineering of the Ministry of Communications in 2023(Grant No.Yk223001-3).
文摘Coastal management in China is confronted with an urgent choice between natural restoration and maintenance of existing seawalls and reclaimed land for economic development.A key criterion for making this decision is the resilience to coastal flooding,which depends on the ability to predict tidal level.Tidal duration asymmetry(TDA)is a key parameter in determination of the arrival and duration of flood tides.This study selected the western inner shelf of the Yellow Sea(WYS)as the study area and investigated the responses of TDA to different shoreline configurations and relative sea level rise.The responses of TDA to shoreline reconstruction yielded spatial variability locally and remotely.In the nearshore area,the responses of TDA to the complex ocean environment mainly originated from the combined functions of reflection,bottom friction,and advection,which controlled the energy transfer from M2 or S2 constituents to their overtides or compound tides.The sensitivity of TDA to coastline typologies was not limited to coastal waters but could stretch over the entire inner shelf.The vulnerability of tidal responses was due to the displacement of the M2 amphidrome of the Kelvin wave on the WYS,which in turn changed tidal energy fluxes over the regime.The relative sea level rise could intensify the feedback of TDA to seawalls and land reclamation.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52271273)the Open Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Coastal Disaster and Protection(Grant No.Z202201)。
文摘Coastal wetlands are hotspots for nitrogen(N)cycling,and crab burrowing is known to transform N in intertidal marsh soils.However,the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.This study conducted field experiments and used indoor control test devices to investigate the seasonal response of nitrogen to crab disturbance at the sediment-water interface in coastal tidal flat wetlands.The results showed that crab disturbance exhibited significant seasonality with large seasonal differences in cave density and depth.Due to crab disturbance,nitrogen fuxes at the sediment-water interface were much greater in the box with crabs than in the box without crabs.In summer,NH-N showed a positive flux from the sediment to the overlying water,but NO2-N and NOg-N showed positive fluxes from the sediment to the overlying water only in early stages.In winter,NH-N showed a positive flux from the sediment to the overlying water,but NO-N and NO,-N both exhibited positive and negative fluxes.These results indicated that the presence of crab burrows can cause the aerobic layer to move downward by approximately 8-15 cm in summer and directly promote nitrification at the sediment surface.
基金financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFB4200700).
文摘To address the mooring issues of floating photovoltaic systems in areas with large tidal variations,three mooring schemes were designed and compared in this paper:anchor chain,anchor chain with added weights,and anchor chain with Superflex.The model was established via the numerical simulation tool Orcaflex,which considers the combined effects of wind,waves,and currents.A time-domain coupled dynamic analysis was conducted on the performance of the three mooring schemes under various tidal conditions to determine the mooring cable tension and platform motion response.Furthermore,the mooring system with an anchor chain and Superflex was optimized,with a focus on analyzing the effects of the Superflex length,the diameter of the anchor chains,and the mooring radius.The mooring system with the anchor chain and Superflex exhibits more controllable and stable mooring performance in areas with large tidal variations,so that it more effectively maintains the required mooring tension level.These findings not only provide a reference for the feasibility and optimization design of photovoltaic systems in areas with large tidal variations but also offer valuable experience for the sustainable application of clean energy under specific environmental conditions.
基金supported by the Yantai Science and Technology Innovation Project (No.2023JCYJ097)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51909114)。
文摘The utilization and development of tidal current energy can help alleviate the current energy shortage,improve the global ecological environment,and maintain sustainable development.In this study,numerical simulation is carried out on a rectangular grid using Delft3D.The tidal current energy potential of the major channels in the Bohai Strait is further simulated and estimated by comparing the simulated and measured data.Results show that the flow module in Delft3D has good modeling ability for the assessment of tidal current energy potential.The average flow velocity,maximum flow velocity,and energy flow density are consistent.The Laotieshan Channel,located in the northern part of the Bohai Strait,shows a large tidal current energy potential.The maximum flow velocity of this channel can reach 2 m s-1,and the maximum energy flow density can exceed 500 W m-2.The tidal current energy in the Laotieshan Channel is more than 10 times that in other channels.Therefore,this study advocates for the continued exploration and exploitation of the tidal current energy resources in the Laotieshan Channel.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42172281)the Opening Fund of the State Key Laboratory of China University of Geosciences(Wuhan)(No.SKJ2018055)。
文摘Most studies on solute transport in coastal aquifers affected by tides focus on the transport of instantaneous released solute,and there are few studies on continuously released solute affected by tides.In this study,the image monitoring method is used to establish the quantitative relationship between the concentration of the colored tracer and the hue value of the image,and the digital image is used to determine the tracer concentration distribution.Using image monitoring method laboratory experiments,quantitative analysis of the characteristics of continuously released solute transport in coastal unconfined aquifers under the tidal influence.Experiments show that the high tide inhibits the increase in the concentration of each point in the aquifer.Under the influence of tides,the solute plume retreats towards the land.During the low tide period,the solute plume migrates toward the sea again.And the solute plume will maintain a relatively stable shape after entering the aquifer for a long enough time.Ignoring the tidal effect seems to have little effect on the estimation of the position of the solute plume,but ignoring the tidal effect has a certain influence on the estimation of the dispersion range of the solute plume.No matter whether considering the tidal action,the final dispersion range of the solute plume is almost the same.But before the solute plume reaches a stable state,ignoring the tidal effect will lead to a smaller dispersion range of the solute plume.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2021ME167)the Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province(No.2022CXGC010401)。
文摘Coastal tidal creeks are important channels for exchanges of material and energy between sea and land,and play an important role in the ecological protection of tidal flats.Although tidal creeks have evolved differently in various regions,the evolutionary process of tidal creeks in the Huanghe(Yellow)River delta of China,one of the most active deltas worldwide,is not entirely clear.Therefore,the evolution of tidal creeks in the delta from 1981 to 2021 was investigated by quantitatively analysing the tidal creeks and developing a standard for dividing their evolution periods.Visual interpretation and supervised classification methods were applied to the Landsat images to extract the tidal creek network,and 17 groups of tidal creek systems were selected.Results indicate that Creek S 1 was the most developed creek for having 113 tidal creeks totaling 65.8 km in length,while Creek E 3 had the fastest growth rate for having average annual increase of 1.9 km.Meanwhile,the level of tidal creeks increased,the average and median lengths of tidal creeks increased,and the number of tidal creeks decreased since 1981.The evolution of the tidal creek system could be divided into four stages,namely,rising,developing,stabilizing,and degrading.Analyses of a representative tidal creek show that there was no degenerated tidal creek during the rising period,with an increase in the number of 50 and a length increase of 57.9 km between 1981 and 1989.The proportion of new tidal creeks in the developing period was more than 50%and the new tidal creeks in the stabilizing period were equal to the degraded tidal creeks.Extinct tidal creeks were greater than 50%during the degrading period.There was no fixed order of tidal creek evolution in each period,and there may be a skip in evolution.Our findings provided a reference for studying the evolution of tidal creeks.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41602205, 42293261)the China Geological Survey Program (DD20189506, DD20211301)+2 种基金the Special Investigation Project on Science and Technology Basic Resources of the Ministry of Science and Technology (2021FY101003)the Central Guidance for Local Scientific and Technological Development Fund of 2023the Project of Hebei University of Environmental Engineering (GCY202301)
文摘The change processes and trends of shoreline and tidal flat forced by human activities are essential issues for the sustainability of coastal area,which is also of great significance for understanding coastal ecological environment changes and even global changes.Based on field measurements,combined with Linear Regression(LR)model and Inverse Distance Weighing(IDW)method,this paper presents detailed analysis on the change history and trend of the shoreline and tidal flat in Bohai Bay.The shoreline faces a high erosion chance under the action of natural factors,while the tidal flat faces a different erosion and deposition patterns in Bohai Bay due to the impact of human activities.The implication of change rule for ecological protection and recovery is also discussed.Measures should be taken to protect the coastal ecological environment.The models used in this paper show a high correlation coefficient between observed and modeling data,which means that this method can be used to predict the changing trend of shoreline and tidal flat.The research results of present study can provide scientific supports for future coastal protection and management.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 42266006 and 41806114the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation under contract Nos 20232BAB204089 and 20202ACBL214019.
文摘The complexity of river-tide interaction poses a significant challenge in predicting discharge in tidal rivers.Long short-term memory(LSTM)networks excel in processing and predicting crucial events with extended intervals and time delays in time series data.Additionally,the sequence-to-sequence(Seq2Seq)model,known for handling temporal relationships,adapting to variable-length sequences,effectively capturing historical information,and accommodating various influencing factors,emerges as a robust and flexible tool in discharge forecasting.In this study,we introduce the application of LSTM-based Seq2Seq models for the first time in forecasting the discharge of a tidal reach of the Changjiang River(Yangtze River)Estuary.This study focuses on discharge forecasting using three key input characteristics:flow velocity,water level,and discharge,which means the structure of multiple input and single output is adopted.The experiment used the discharge data of the whole year of 2020,of which the first 80%is used as the training set,and the last 20%is used as the test set.This means that the data covers different tidal cycles,which helps to test the forecasting effect of different models in different tidal cycles and different runoff.The experimental results indicate that the proposed models demonstrate advantages in long-term,mid-term,and short-term discharge forecasting.The Seq2Seq models improved by 6%-60%and 5%-20%of the relative standard deviation compared to the harmonic analysis models and improved back propagation neural network models in discharge prediction,respectively.In addition,the relative accuracy of the Seq2Seq model is 1%to 3%higher than that of the LSTM model.Analytical assessment of the prediction errors shows that the Seq2Seq models are insensitive to the forecast lead time and they can capture characteristic values such as maximum flood tide flow and maximum ebb tide flow in the tidal cycle well.This indicates the significance of the Seq2Seq models.
基金The Scientific Research Foundation of Third Institute of Oceanography,MNR under contract Nos.2022001,2020017,2023008 and 2019018the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China under contract No.2023J01209+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.4237061213the Fujian Science and Technology Innovation Leader Project.
文摘Estuaries are often a significant source of atmospheric CO_(2).However,studies of carbonate systems have predominantly focused on large estuaries,while smaller estuaries have scarcely been documented.In this study,we collected surface and bottom seawater carbonate samples in the subtropical Jiulong River Estuary across different tidal levels from 2019 to 2021.The results showed that estuarine mixing of freshwater from the river with seawater was the dominant factor influencing the estuarine carbonate system.Moreover,estuarine mixing is concomitantly impacted by the net metabolism of biological production and decomposition,groundwater input,release of CO_(2)from the estuary,and precipitation or dissolution of calcium carbonate.The estuarine partial pressure of CO_(2)(pCO_(2))varied from 530μatm to 7715μatm,which represents a strong source of atmospheric CO_(2).The mean annual air-sea CO_(2)flux estimated from three different parameterized equations was approximately(25.63±10.25)mol/(m2·a).Furthermore,the annual emission to the atmosphere was approximately(0.031±0.012)Tg C,which accounts for a mere 0.0077%−0.015%of global estuarine emissions.Dissolved inorganic carbon(DIC),total alkalinity(TA)and the pCO_(2)exhibited high variability throughout the tidal cycle across all cruises.Specifically,the disparities observed between DIC and TA during low and high tides at identical stations during all cruises ranged from approximately 15%to 30%.The variance in the pCO_(2)was even more pronounced,ranging from approximately 30%to 40%.Thus,tidal discrepancies may need to be taken into consideration to estimate the CO_(2)flux from estuarine systems more accurately.
基金supported by the Funding from the Ministry of Equipment and Transport,Kingdom of Morocco.
文摘Oyster aquaculture in Oualidia Lagoon,Morocco,has suffered from poor water quality and water confinement in its upstream region.Tidal asymmetry(TA)has been suggested as a possible cause,and a sediment trap was dredged in 2011 to mitigate this condition.This study addresses TA in the lagoon using field measurements and numerical modeling in the presence of the sediment trap.Results indicate that the lagoon is flood-dominated mostly in its upstream end,where frictional forces exceed inertia accelerations during the tidal cycle and fine sediments settle on the tidal flats and inside the sediment trap.However,this study shows that a large mass of suspended sediments is exported to the ocean,which is contrary to expectations in flood-dominated lagoons.Defining the sediment trap as the rehabilitation scenario S1,the impacts of three additional scenarios on TA are examined.These are scenario S2(dredging the upstream section of the main channel),scenario S3(dredging the channels surrounding the flood delta near the inlets),and scenario S4(raising the ocean level by 0.5 m following climate change predictions).Results show that none of these scenarios modify the tidal flood dominance in the lagoon,although scenarios S2 and S4 decrease its intensity in the upstream region.Nevertheless,all scenarios still contribute to a significant export of sediments to the ocean.This suggests that lagoon management activities should not rely on tidal asymmetry analyses that normally predict upstream sediment transport in flood-dominated lagoons.
基金funded by the PetroChina Science and Technology Major Project (No. 2023ZZ19-1)the PetroChina Science and Technology Development Project (No. 2021DQ0407)+1 种基金the Chinese National Natural Science Fund Project (No. 42272124)the National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFF0804302)。
文摘For a better understanding of the strong heterogeneities of the Mishrif Formation in the H Oilfield of southeast Iraq, the characterization of the carbonate architectures has become one of the key research departments of carbonate rocks. This study aims to reveal the architecture and controlling factors of the carbonate tidal channels in the MB1-2B sub-layer of the Mishrif Formation in response to the delineation of the tidal channels that have hydrocarbon potential. Three architectural elements and three architectural boundaries of the tidal channels were identified by interpreting the cores, well-logging, seismic,and analytical data. The results show that:(1) the architecture characteristics of tidal channels are mainly migrating type in the downstream zone, the side of concave bank of the tidal channels is usually filled with relatively coarse-grained grainstone;(2) the architecture characteristics of tidal channels are mainly swinging type in the upstream zone, showing the high porosity and permeability;(3) the architecture characteristics of tidal channels are mainly vertical-accretion type in the mid-regions, indicating the instantaneous current reversals and high geographical position. This analysis demonstrates that the best reservoir quality within the tidal channels is located in the bend of the tidal channel near the inner lagoon and open sea, it provides the geological models for later exploration and development in the Mishrif Formation.
文摘The rotation of the Earth and the related length of the day (LOD) are predominantly affected by tidal dissipation through the Moon and the growth of the Earth’s core. Due to the increased concentration of mass around the rotation axis of the spinning Earth during the growth of the core the rotation should have been accelerated. Controversially the tidal dissipation by the Moon, which is mainly dependent on the availability of open shallow seas and the kind of Moon escape from a nearby position, acts towards a deceleration of the rotating Earth. Measurements of LOD for Phanerozoic and Precambrian times open ways to solve questions concerning the geodynamical history of the Earth. These measurements encompass investigations of growth patterns in fossils and depositional patterns in sediments (Cyclostratigraphy, Tidalites, Stromatolites, Rhythmites). These patterns contain information on the LOD and on the changing distance between Earth and Moon and can be used as well for a discussion about the growth of the Earth’s core. By updating an older paper with its simple approach as well as incorporating newly published results provided by the geoscientific community, a moderate to fast growth of the core in a hot early Earth will be favored controversially to the assumption of a delayed development of the core in an originally cold Earth. Core development with acceleration of Earth’s rotation and the contemporaneous slowing down due to tidal dissipation during the filling of the ocean may significantly interrelate.
