Evolution of Fine-Grained Sediment Deposits Over Moderate to Long Time Scales

Abstract

My long-term goal within the STRATAFORM program is to increase our understanding of the processes controlling the formation, reworking and preservation of event-scale stratigraphy on the continental shelf. The objectives of this project for FY98 have been to: (1) participate in the analysis and interpretation of the bottom boundary layer field studies; (2) test and apply a 2-dimensional, time-dependent model of shelf sediment transport to investigate the importance of advection and flux divergence to event bed formation and the emplacement of flood deposits; and (3) incorporate flocculation effects into the shelf sediment transport model and evaluate the importance of this process to storm-driven transport.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA550861

Entities

People

  • Patricia Wiberg

Organizations

  • University of Virginia

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advection
  • Availability
  • Boundary Layer
  • Continental Shelves
  • Data Analysis
  • Ecology
  • Marine Geology
  • Measurement
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Steady Flow
  • Steady State
  • Stratigraphy
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Transport Ships
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography