Application of Ground Penetrating Radar to the Sedimentary Structure Detection of a Coastal Parabolic Dune in Zhangpu, Fujian, China

Deng Tao; Li Zhizhong; Jin Jianhui; Jiang Feng; Xia Jing; Wang Xianli

doi:10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2015.00004

2015 , Vol. 35 >Issue 4: 882 - 889

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2015.00004

Application of Ground Penetrating Radar to the Sedimentary Structure Detection of a Coastal Parabolic Dune in Zhangpu, Fujian, China

Deng Tao ,
Li Zhizhong ,
Jin Jianhui ,
Jiang Feng ,
Xia Jing ,
Wang Xianli

Expand

1. College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China;
2. Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Process, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China;
3. Institute of Geography, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China

Received date: 2014-10-13

Revised date: 2015-01-07

Online published: 2015-07-20

Fold

Abstract

This article reports the application of ground penetrating radar (GPR) to the sedimentary structure detection of a coastal parabolic dune in Zhangpu County, Fujian Province, China. We draw these preliminary conclusions: (1) The physicochemical properties of the detected coastal dune, such as grain-size and water content, antenna frequency, and the processing steps of GPR images, such as digital filtering and gain adjustment, will all affect the result of the GPR detection. (2) The bedding showed by two sandpits near the detected profiles is primely in support of the sedimentary structure revealed by the GPR, so GPR is a kind of excellent method for the sedimentary structure detection of the coastal dune. (3) By interpreting the sedimentary structure sequence revealed by the GPR images and surveying the coastal environmental change of the study area in recent decades, we conclude that there are two stages of the development of the detected coastal parabolic dune: the exposure of the beach ridge from the sea level in the early stage and then the development of vegetation and parabolic dune.

Key words： ground penetrating radar; coastal dune; parabolic dune; sedimentary structure; Zhangpu

Cite this article

Deng Tao , Li Zhizhong , Jin Jianhui , Jiang Feng , Xia Jing , Wang Xianli . Application of Ground Penetrating Radar to the Sedimentary Structure Detection of a Coastal Parabolic Dune in Zhangpu, Fujian, China[J]. Journal of Desert Research, 2015 , 35(4) : 882 -889 . DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2015.00004

References

[1] 王颖,朱大奎.海岸沙丘成因的讨论[J].中国沙漠,1987,7(3):29-40.
[2] Tanner W F.An 8000-year record of sea-level change from grain-size parameters:data from beach ridges in Denmark[J].The Holocene,1993,3(3):220-231.
[3] Clarke M,Rendell H,Tastet J P,et al.Late-Holocene sand invasion and North Atlantic storminess along the Aquitaine Coast,southwest France[J].The Holocene,2002,12(2):231-238.
[4] Wilson P,McGourty J,Bateman,M D.Mid-to late-Holocene coastal dune event stratigraphy for the north coast of Northern Ireland[J].The Holocene,2004,14(3):406-416.
[5] French J R,Burningham H.Coasts and climate:insights from geomorphology[J].Progress in Physical Geography,2013,37(4):550-561.
[6] Bristow C,Pugh J,Goodall T.Internal structure of aeolian dunes in Abu Dhabi determined using ground-penetrating radar[J].Sedimentology,1996,43:955-1003.
[7] Bristow C S,Chroston P N,Bailey S D.The structure and development of foredunes on a locally prograding coast:insights from ground-penetrating radar surveys,Norfolk,UK[J].Sedimentology,2000,47(5):923-944.
[8] Neal A,Roberts C L.Internal structure of a trough blowout,determined from migrated ground-penetrating radar profiles[J].Sedimentology,2001,48(4):791-810.
[9] Baumann J,Bano M,Dujardin J R,et al.Imaging the Internal Architecture and Explain the Dynamics of Foredunes by GPR Investigations (Normandy France)[C]//Near Surface Geoscience 2014-20th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics,2014.
[10] Lindhorst S,Betzler C,Hass H C.The sedimentary architecture of a Holocene barrier spit (Sylt,German Bight):Swash-bar accretion and storm erosion[J].Sedimentary Geology,2008,206(1):1-16.
[11] Tillmann T,Wunderlich J.Barrier rollover and spit accretion due to the combined action of storm surge induced washover events and progradation:insights from ground-penetrating radar surveys and sedimentological data[J].Journal of Coastal Research,2013,65:600-605.
[12] Clemmensen L B,Andreasen F,Heinemeier J,et al.A Holocene coastal aeolian system,Vejers,Denmark:landscape evolution and sequence stratigraphy[J].Terra Nova,2001,13(2):129-134.
[13] Pedersen K,Clemmensen L B.Unveiling past aeolian landscapes:a ground-penetrating radar survey of a Holocene coastal dunefield system,Thy,Denmark[J].Sedimentary Geology,2005,177(1):57-86.
[14] Aagaard T,Orford J,Murray A S.Environmental controls on coastal dune formation;Skallingen Spit,Denmark[J].Geomorphology,2007,83(1):29-47.
[15] Clemmensen L B,Bjrnsen M,Murray A,et al.Formation of aeolian dunes on Anholt,Denmark since AD 1560:a record of deforestation and increased storminess[J].Sedimentary Geology,2007,199(3):171-187.
[16] Johannessen P N,Nielsen L H,Nielsen L,et al.Sedimentary facies and architecture of the Holocene to Recent Rm barrier island in the Danish Wadden Sea[J].Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin,2008,15:49-52.
[17] Nielsen L,Mller I,Nielsen L H,et al.Integrating ground-penetrating radar and borehole data from a Wadden Sea barrier island[J].Journal of Applied Geophysics,2009,68(1):47-59.
[18] Bakker M A J,van Heteren S,Vonh gen L M,et al.Recent coastal dune development:effects of sand nourishments[J].Journal of Coastal Research,2012,28(3):587-601.
[19] Cunningham A C,Bakker M A J,van Heteren S,et al.Extracting storm-surge data from coastal dunes for improved assessment of flood risk[J].Geology,2011,39(11):1063-1066.
[20] Gámez-Ortiz D,Martín-Crespo T,Rodríguez I,et al.The internal structure of modern barchan dunes of the Ebro River Delta (Spain) from ground penetrating radar[J].Journal of Applied Geophysics,2009,68(2):159-170.
[21] González-Villanueva R,Costas S,Duarte H,et al.Blowout evolution in a coastal dune:using GPR,aerial imagery and core records[J].Journal of Coastal Research,2011,64:278-282.
[22] Moura D,Veiga-Pires C,Albardeiro L,et al.Holocene sea level fluctuations and coastal evolution in the central Algarve (southern Portugal)[J].Marine Geology,2007,237(3):127-142.
[23] Ramos R,Freitas M C,Andrade C,et al.Sedimentary structure of the Nazaré coastal dunes (Portugal)[C]//13th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR),2010:973-977.
[24] Ramos R,Freitas M C,Bristow C S,et al.Sedimentary architecture of the Santo André transverse dunes (Portugal) interpreted from ground-penetrating radar[J].Journal of Coastal Research,2011,57:303-307.
[25] Costas S,Jerez S,Trigo R M,et al.Sand invasion along the Portuguese coast forced by westerly shifts during cold climate events[J].Quaternary Science Reviews,2012,42:15-28.
[26] Buynevich I,Bitinas A,Pupienis D.Reactivation of coastal dunes documented by subsurface imaging of the Great Dune Ridge,Lithuania[J].Journal of Coastal Research,2007,50:226-230.
[27] Tamura T,Bateman M D,Kodama Y,et al.Building of shore-oblique transverse dune ridges revealed by ground-penetrating radar and optical dating over the last 500 years on Tottori coast,Japan Sea[J].Geomorphology,2011,132(3):153-166.
[28] Tamura T,Kodama Y,Bateman M D,et al.Coastal barrier dune construction during sea-level highstands in MIS 3 and 5a on Tottori coast-line,Japan[J].Palaeogeography,Palaeoclimatology,Palaeoecology,2011,308(3):492-501.
[29] Choi K H,Choi J H,Kim J W.Reconstruction of Holocene coastal progradation on the east coast of Korea based on OSL dating and GPR surveys of beach-foredune ridges[J].The Holocene,2014,24(1):24-34.
[30] Trivedi D,Devi K,Buynevich I,et al.Interpretation of dune genesis from sedimentogical data and ground penetrating radar (GPR) signatures:a case study from Ashirmata dune field,Mandvi Beach,Gujarat,India[J].International Journal of Geosciences,2012,3:772-779.
[31] Devi K,Raicy M C,Trivedi D,et al.Assessment of coastal dune characteristics using georadar imaging and sedimentological analysis:Odisha and Visakhapatnam,India[J].Journal of Coastal Conservation,2013,17(4):729-742.
[32] Havholm K G,Ames D V,Whittecar G R,et al.Stratigraphy of back-barrier coastal dunes,northern North Carolina and southern Virginia[J].Journal of Coastal Research,2004,20(4):980-999.
[33] Girardi J D,Davis D M.Parabolic dune reactivation and migration at Napeague,NY,USA:Insights from aerial and GPR imagery[J].Geomorphology,2010,114(4):530-541.
[34] Buynevich I V,Asp N E.Dune advance into a coastal forest,equatorial Brazil:a subsurface perspective[J].Aeolian Research,2010,2(1):27-32.
[35] Bristow C S,Pucillo K.Quantifying rates of coastal progradation from sediment volume using GPR and OSL:the Holocene fill of Guichen Bay,south-east South Australia[J].Sedimentology,2006,53(4):769-788.
[36] Switzer A D,Bristow C S,Jones B G.Investigation of large-scale washover of a small barrier system on the southeast Australian coast using ground penetrating radar[J].Sedimentary Geology,2006,183(1):145-156.
[37] Van Dam R L,Nichol S L,Augustinus P C,et al.GPR stratigraphy of a large active dune on Parengarenga Sandspit,New Zealand[J].The Leading Edge,2003,22(9):865-881.
[38] Dougherty A J.Extracting a record of Holocene storm erosion and deposition preserved in the morphostratigraphy of a prograded coastal barrier[J].Continental Shelf Research,2014,86:116-131.
[39] Botha G A,Bristow C S,Porat N,et al.Evidence for dune reactivation from GPR profiles on the Maputaland coastal plain,South Africa[J].Geological Society,London,Special Publications,2003,211:29-46.
[40] 俞祁浩,屈建军,郑本兴,等.探地雷达在沙漠研究中的应用[J].中国沙漠,2004,24(3):371-375.
[41] 李孝泽,王振亭,陈发虎,等.巴丹吉林沙漠横向沙山沉积GPR雷达探测研究[J].第四纪研究,2009,29(4):797-805.
[42] Bai Y,Wang N,Liao K,et al.Geomorphological evolution revealed by aeolian sedimentary structure in Badain Jaran Desert on Alxa Plateau,Northwest China[J].Chinese geographical science,2011,21(3):267-278.
[43] 白旸,王乃昂,何瑞霞,等.巴丹吉林沙漠湖相沉积的探地雷达图像及光释光年代学证据[J].中国沙漠,2011,31(4):842-847.
[44] 傅天阳,李孝泽.探地雷达在沙漠研究中的应用综述[J].中国沙漠,2014,34(1):49-55.
[45] 殷勇,朱大奎,Martini P I.探地雷达 (GPR) 在海南岛东北部海岸带调查中的应用[J].第四纪研究,2006,26(3):462-469.
[46] 漳浦县地方志编纂委员会.漳浦县志[M].北京:方志出版社,1998.
[47] 蔡爱智,石谦.台湾海峡成因初探[M].厦门:厦门大学出版社,2009:112-120.
[48] Jol H M,Bristow C S.GPR in sediments:advice on data collection,basic processing and interpretation,a good practice guide[J].Geological Society,London,Special Publications,2003,211(1):9-27.
[49] 曾昭发,刘四新,冯暄,等.探地雷达原理与应用[M].北京:电子工业出版社,2010:44-268.
[50] Jol H M.探地雷达理论与应用[M].北京:电子工业出版社,2011:204.
[51] 赖内克 H E,辛格 I B.陆源碎屑沉积环境[M].北京:石油工业出版社,1979:201-203.

Options

Outlines

模态框（Modal）标题

Abstract

Cite this article

References