Measurements of varying wave energy events were fed into a scour model to examinernthe fate of several seafloor artifacts related to the wreck of Queen Anne’s Revenge. Comparisonrnbetween model estimates and the observed state of the artifacts suggest that maximum settlingrndepth is controlled both by the magnitude of near-bed flow and the characteristics of thernunderlying sediments. The results from this study suggest that numerical forecasts of wavernconditions might be used to predict the settling depth and exposure of important historicalrnartifacts.
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