Relationships Between Tidal Prism and Throat Area of Tidal Inlets Along Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea Coasts

The relationship between P (spring tidal prism) and A (throat area below mean sea level) is statistically analysed in terms of 29 tidal inlets or bays along the Huanghai Sea (Yellow Sea) and Bohai Sea coasts. For 15 of these tidal inlets, the best regression equation is A(km2) = 0.845 />(km3)1.20. The analysis shows that C and n are little different from those in the P-A relationship for the inlets of the South China Sea and East China Sea coasts. It is noted that the relationship between P and A is unstable because of the difference in sediment abundance. The study shows that a united P-A relationship can be obtained for the tidal inlets of lagoon type and bay-drowned-valley type, not containing some half-circle shape bays which confront deep water. These half-circle bays do not belong to tidal inlets because they do not have enough sediment abundance and are fairly open.

黄渤海沿岸潮汐汊道的P－A关系

本文计算了１５个潮汐汊道的大潮潮棱体Ｐ及平均海面下口门最小过水断面积Ａ之间的回归方程式。黄渤海沿岸潮汐汊道的天然状态下的Ｐ－Ａ关系为：Ａ＝０．０８４５Ｐ１．０２０。Ｐ与Ａ不仅具有密切的相关性，还有相当大的离散性，这主要与潮汐汊道所获取的泥沙丰度及潮汐汊道的发育阶段有关。与南海、东海沿岸Ｐ－Ａ关系的对比表明，中国海和海区Ｐ－Ａ关系中的常数Ｃ和ｎ差别不大。研究也表明，泻湖型和海湾－溺谷湾型两种潮汐汊道可求得统一的Ｐ－Ａ关系。但与滨临深水区的半环抱形海湾不同。后者主要因为没有较充裕的泥沙供应及海湾水域较为开敞，而不应列入潮汐汊道的范畴。