Estuarine Fluid Mud: Its Behavior and Accumulation.
Abstract
A study of fluid mud in Virginia estuaries was conducted to determine how the mud accumulates in a dynamic tidal flow regime. The mud occurs as lenses and blanket deposites in zones of fast sedimentation, i.e. on channel floors and in the turbidity maximum zone. Viscosity measurements indicate resuspension potential of the mud is greater in the turbidity maximum than elsewhere. Time-series measurements over a tidal cycle at 6 cm above the bed show that stress increased linearly with acceleration of mean current but lagged maximum current velocity during deceleration of tidal currents. Fluid mud-flow interactions are primarily responsible for accumulation of the mud. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA073232
Entities
People
- Galen Thompson
- Maynard Nichols
- Richard Faas
Organizations
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science