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1971: Vol. XLVIII, No. 2

Bottom Sediment Distribution in Certain Inshore Waters of Hong Kong

Submitted
August 11, 2015
Published
2015-07-02

Abstract

The continental shelf in the vicinity of Hong Kong is about 100 miles wide, trending northeast-southwest roughly parallel to the Chinese coast. The bottom slope averages 0° 02' seawards, increasing to 1° 50' near the shelf break. Several extensive studies of the area have been carried out (Shepard et al., 1949; Klenova, 1958; Niino and Emery, 1961; Wang, 1961; Ching, 1963; and USNOO, 1968), but none of them extended into the inshore waters of Hong Kong. In 1964, a programme to study the bottom sediment distribution in these inshore areas using a side-scan sonar was initiated by the Denartment of Physics at the University of Hong Kong. Results of the early phases of the work have already been reported (Chesterman et al., 1967). This paper summarizes the findings of the latter part of the study.