Sediment Dispersal in the Gulf of Lions: Water Column Dynamics and Potential for Cross-Margin Transport

摘要

The most general long-term goals of this study, as part of EuroSTRATAFORM, are to investigate (a) the oceanic processes that erode, transport, and deposit sediment in the margin system; and (b) how fine sediment erosion, transport and accumulation impact water-column turbidity and seabed strata where modern fluvial sediment is transferred across a continental shelf. This project is a continuation of the EuroSTRATAFORM project and the objectives over the past year focused on analysis and synthesis of results from PASTA (Po and Apennine Sediment Transport and Accumulation); preliminary analyses of results from field work in the Gulf of Lions; and examination of the optical response to sediment resuspension events using an Autonomous Profiler in collaboration with the OASIS project taking place at the Marthas Vineyard Coastal Observatory.