1 Introduction
1��1 Sediment Dynamics in the World's Major Estuaries
1��2 Sediment Erosion and Resuspension
1��3 Research Advance
1��3��1 Research Advance on Sediment Erosion and Resuspension
1��3��2 Research Advance on Wave-Induced Seabed Response
1��3��3 Research Advance of Sediment E& R Considering Wave- Seabed Response
1��3��4 Research Advance of Sediment E& R in the Modem Yellow River Delta
1��4 Outline of the Book
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2 Geo-Marine Environment and Sediment Properties of the Modern Yellow River Delta
2��1 Overview
2��2 Formation and Evolution of the Modem Yellow River Delta
2��2��1 Geographical Range
2��2��2 Historical Sediment Discharge
2��2��3 Channel Changes
2��2��4 Coastline Change
2��3 Topography and Geomorphology of the Modem Yellow River Delta
2��3��1 Topography
2��3��2 Geomorphology
2��4 Marine Dynamics in the Modem Yellow River Delta
2��4��1 Meteorology
2��4��2 Waves
2��4��3 Tide
2��4��4 Currents
2��4��5 Storm Surge
2��5 Seabed Sediment Properties of the Modem Yellow River Delta
2��5��1 Sediment Types and Distribution in the Modem Yellow River Delta
2��5��2 Geological Strata
2��5��3 Sediment Grain Size and Mineral Composition
2��5��4 Sediment Microstructure
2��5��5 Physical and Mechanical Properties of Sediment
2��6 Summary
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3 Erosion Survey of the Modern Yellow River Delta
3��1 Overview
3��2 Erosion Survey of a Typical Coast
3��2��1 Methodology
3��2��2 Results
3��2��3 Analysis of Coastal Erosion
3��3 Erosion Survey of the Subaqueous Delta
3��3��1 Methodology
3��3��2 Historical Erosion and Deposition Evolution of the Yellow
River Delta
3��3��3 Impact of Storm Surge on Subaqueous Delta Erosion
3��4 Summary
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4 Erodibility of Seabed Sediments in the Modern Yellow River Delta
4��1 Overview
4��2 Flume Measurements of Sediment Erodibility
4��2��1 Methodology
4��2��2 Results
4��2��3 The Spatial Difference of Sediment Erodibility
4��2��4 The Effect of Sediment Physical-Mechanical Properties on Erodibility
4��2��5 The Effect of Crab-Burrows on Erodibility
4��3 CSM Measurements of Sediment Erodibility
4��3��1 Methodology
4��3��2 Results
4��3��3 Implications for Erosional Landforms of the Modem Yellow River Delta
4��3��4 Factors Influencing Critical Shear Stress of the Modem Yellow River Delta
4��3��5 Comparisons with Critical Shear Stress from Other Estuarine Deltas
4��3��6 Summary
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5 Sediment Resuspension Process in the Modern Yellow River Delta
6 Wave-Induced Pore Pressure in Relation to Sediment Erosion and Resuspension in the Modern Yellow River Delta
7 Physical Mechanisms of Wave-Induced Sediment Resuspension
8 Theoretical Prediction of Wave-Induced Sediment Resuspension