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ToolsBass, Sarah J., McCave, IN, Rees, JM and Vincent, CE (2007) Sand and mud flux estimates using acoustic and optical backscatter sensors: Measurements seaward of the Wash, southern North Sea. Geological Society, London, Special Publications (274). pp. 25-35. ISSN 0305-8719
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Optical and acoustic backscatter sensors, more sensitive to fine and sandy sediment respectively, were used to measure the mud and sand components of a mixed suspension at a site seaward of the Wash embayment, in the southern North Sea. Data were acquired from a free-standing instrument frame during a five-week deployment in 12 m water depth about 6 km offshore. Suspended mud at this site was characterized by tidal advection of fine sediment along the coast resulting in semi-diurnal peaks in concentration near slack water. Suspended sand concentrations correlated well with tidal current speeds indicating local resuspension behaviour. Predicted sand flux direction followed the residual current while mud fluxes at the site were different in direction to both the residual current and sand flux. Residual fluxes may be biased by cumulative errors resulting from instrument calibration and inferred vertical concentration profiles. These factors are assessed in relation to both predicted flux magnitudes and directions.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Rosie Cullington |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2011 18:29 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2022 01:15 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/25167 |
| DOI: | 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.274.01.04 |
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