THE BIOLOGY OF THE SOLWAY FIRTH IN RELATION TO THE MOVEMENT AND ACCUMULATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS Ⅱ. The Distribution of Sediments and Benthos

摘要

This paper gives data for the distribution of sediments and benthos in relation to insoluble or particulate radioactive nuclides.nThe mechanisms of transport of silt and associated radioactivity in the N.E. Irish Sea and the Solway Firth are shown to be primarily due to the differential between flood and ebb tide velocities consequent upon distortion of the tidal wave. A possible reason for the fundamental difference between marshes bordering upon the Irish Sea and those of the east coast of England is discussed.