Development of Tools for Remote Detection and Prediction of Low-Strength Muds in Energetic Coastal Environments
Abstract
The goals of this research are to understand size-sorting during erosion and deposition and to use this understanding to develop predictive models of where and when low-strength muds will accumulate in energetic coastal environments. Objectives: 1. To use our process-based parameterization of surficial seabed disaggregated inorganic grain size (DIGS) distributions to infer the extent of flocculation during deposition on energetic tidal flats. 2. To use time series of in situ suspended sediment properties, waves, and currents. to improve understanding of how turbulence, sediment concentration, and cohesion affect the size-dependent depositional flux of sediment to the seabed on energetic tidal flats. 3. To improve understanding of how sediment texture, cohesion, and sorting in the seabed affect the size-dependent erosional flux from the seabed on energetic tidal flats.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA514819
Entities
People
- Paul S. Hill
- Timothy G. Milligan
Organizations
- Bedford Institute of Oceanography