| Session Details | |
| Section | OS - Ocean Sciences |
| Session Title | Sediment Dynamics And Strata Formation Mechanisms In Coastal Oceans |
| Main Convener | Dr. Daidu Fan (Tongji University, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Jingping Xu (Ocean University of China, China) Prof. Koichi Hoyanagi (Shinshu University, Japan) Prof. Kyungsik Choi (Seoul National University, Korea, South) |
| Session Description | Sediment dynamics are a perplexing issue to attract research endeavors from both scientists and engineers. Dynamics of cohesive particles are more complex because of their extreme sensitive to physical forcing and biogeochemical interactions. They play key role in shaping topography by sediment redistribution, maintaining healthy environment by adsorbing pollutants, and redirecting carbon flux by sinking organoclay complexes. Their behaviors are influenced heavily by human activities in the present age, but principally by climate and sea-level change and tectonic activities in the geological time. Strata in the continental margins are cumulative products of different spatiotemporal scales of processes, consequently encoding clues to unveil their formation histories and mechanisms. Asian continent and Oceanian islands contribute roughly 2/3 of global riverine flux to the sea in present time. Increased weathering by tectonic uplift and Asian monsoon intensification arguably induces Neogene global cooling. Thick Cenozoic strata potentially host giant petroleum reservoirs. It is therefore vital to carry out multi-disciplinary studies on complex sediment dynamics and strata formation mechanisms over different time scales in the region. This session welcomes abstract submissions on any of the subjects related to particle source-to-sink processes and stratigraphic record based on field, experimental and modeling studies. |