Sediment Dispersal in the Gulf of Lions: Water Column Dynamics and Potential for Cross-Margin Transport

Abstract

The most general long-term goals of this study, as part of EuroSTRATAFORM, are to investigate (a) the oceanic processes that erode, transport, and deposit sediment in the margin system; and (b) how fine sediment erosion, transport and accumulation impact water-column turbidity and seabed strata where modern fluvial sediment is transferred across a continental shelf. This project is a continuation of the EuroSTRATAFORM project and the objectives over the past year focused on analysis and synthesis of results from PASTA (Po and Apennine Sediment Transport and Accumulation); preliminary analyses of results from field work in the Gulf of Lions; and examination of the optical response to sediment resuspension events using an Autonomous Profiler in collaboration with the OASIS project taking place at the Marthas Vineyard Coastal Observatory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA522859

Entities

People

  • Gail Kineke

Organizations

  • Boston College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Continental Shelves
  • Deployment
  • Detectors
  • Dynamics
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Observatories
  • Particles
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Shallow Water
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Transport Ships
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography