The Impact of Bottom Roughness and Bioturbation Intensity on Benthic Optical Properties

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS. The ultimate objective of this research program is to identify and obtain a predictive understanding of the physical and biological processes responsible for the formation and maintenance of the microtopography (decimeter to millimeter) of the sea floor. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to study formative processes occurring on the sediment surface (e.g., biogenic mound formation, ripple development), as well as processes occurring within the seabed (e.g., bioturbation, compaction) which generally lessen microtopography. The approach to this area of interest is predominantly field-oriented, with a secondary emphasis on model development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA635334

Entities

People

  • Robert A. Wheatcroft

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Processes
  • Continental Shelves
  • Electronic Mail
  • High Resolution
  • Image Processing
  • Information Operations
  • Intensity
  • Marine Geology
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • Optical Properties
  • Particles
  • Physics
  • Roughness
  • Seabed
  • Sediments

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers