Shelf and Slope Sediment Transport in Strataform
Abstract
STRATAFORM is a multi-disciplinary, multi-investigator program designed to advance our understanding of the development of stratigraphic sequences on continental shelves and slopes. One of the major components of this coordinated program has focussed on investigating active sedimentary processes that lead to the formation and modification of seafloor deposits. Field experiments to evaluate the role of storms, floods, and other physical processes in resuspending and transporting sediment along and across the shelf and upper slope have been undertaken in STRATAFORM over the past four years. As part of this component of STRATAFORM we have participated in these experiments and subsequent analysis of the results. In this project our specific long-term goal is to understand the variability of the sediment response at the seafloor to bottom currents and stresses caused by physical oceanographic forcing. This work is accomplished through statistical and dynamical analyses of available field measurements of wave and current flows, sediment resuspension and concentration, and bottom sediment distributions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA630560
Entities
People
- David A. Cacchione