MG13A:
Sediment Dynamics in Coastal Settings: Observations and Modeling of Sediment Transport, Morphology, and Change on Event to Decadal Timescales I


Session ID#: 11377

Session Description:
Shallow coastal areas are susceptible to long-term and episodic change and, potentially, environmental degradation.  Recent advances in theoretical, observational, and numerical modeling techniques have led to improved understanding of the processes of sediment dynamics and morphological change of sandy and rocky coasts in response to storms and long-term variation in wave conditions, sediment supply, climate, and sea level. Reliable forecasts of coastal environments that include subaerial, shallow-water, and biogeochemical processes over time scales of events to seasons to decades are in high demand. This session combines topics that incorporate observations and models to improve our understanding of shallow-water aquatic processes, and associated  morphology, stratigraphy, and environmental change.
Primary Chair:  Courtney Kay Harris, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States
Chairs:  Lawrence P Sanford, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Lab, Cambridge, MD, United States, John P Walsh, East Carolina University, Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, Greenville, NC, United States, Christopher R Sherwood, U. S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Nathaniel G Plant, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, St Petersburg, FL, United States, Joseph Long, USGS Michigan Water Science Center, Lansing, MI, United States, Patrick Barnard, USGS California Water Science Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States and Paul S Hill, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Moderators:  Courtney Kay Harris, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, Lawrence P Sanford, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States, John P Walsh, East Carolina University, Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, Greenville, NC, United States and Paul S Hill, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Courtney Kay Harris, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States and Lawrence P Sanford, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States
Index Terms:

3022 Marine sediments: processes and transport [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
3045 Seafloor morphology, geology, and geophysics [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
4558 Sediment transport [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • EC - Estuarine and Coastal
  • PO - Physical Oceanography/Ocean Circulation
  • TP - Turbulent Processes

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

MG13A-01
Response of Suspended-Sediment Fluxes to Storms in a Back-Barrier Estuary, Chincoteague Bay, MD/VA, USA (87195)
Daniel J. Nowacki, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Alexis Beudin, USGS, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Neil K Ganju, Department of the Interior Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
MG13A-02
Variability of Particle Distribution Using Optical Measurements within the Columbia River Estuary (87853)
Jing Tao, Dalhousie University, Department of Oceanography, Halifax, NS, Canada, Paul S Hill, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Emmanuel Boss, University of Maine, School of Marine Science, Orono, ME, United States and Timothy G Milligan, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
MG13A-03
Controls on suspended particle properties and water clarity along a partially-mixed estuary, York River, Virginia, USA. (92227)
Kelsey Fall1, Carl T Friedrichs1, Grace M Cartwright1 and David George Bowers2, (1)Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, (2)Univ Bangor, North Wales, United Kingdom
MG13A-04
Field Observations of Cohesive Sediment Flocculation in a Partially Stratified Estuary (91990)
Ivy Bifu Huang1, Andrew J Manning2,3 and Stephen G Monismith1, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom, (3)HR Wallingford Ltd, Coasts & Oceans Group, Wallingford, United Kingdom
MG13A-05
Hydrodynamic Controls on Muddy Sedimentary Fabric Development on Low-Gradient Shelves: Atchafalaya Chenier Plain Subaqueous Delta (88095)
Kathryn Denommee1, Samuel J Bentley1, Dario Harazim2 and James Macquaker3, (1)Louisiana State University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (2)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
MG13A-06
Processes affecting suspended sediment transport in the mid-field plume region of the Rhine River, Netherlands. (92543)
Raul P Flores, University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States; Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Departamento de Obras Civiles, Valparaíso, Chile, Sabine Rijnsburger, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands, Alexander Horner-Devine, University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States, Alejandro Jose Souza, CINVESTAV-IPN, Marine Resources, Merida, Mexico and Julie Pietrzak, Delft University of Technology, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Delft, Netherlands
MG13A-07
Shelf mud depocenters and storm-driven bottom transport controlling their formation (91741)
Till Jens Joerg Hanebuth1, Wenyan Zhang2, Ferdinand J Oberle2, Yongsheng Cui3 and Ana I Santos4, (1)Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, United States, (2)MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (3)Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, (4)Hydrographic Institute, Lisbon, Portugal
MG13A-08
A Synoptic Overview of Turbidity Distribution in Bohai and Yellow Seas，China (88358)
Jingping Xu1, Zhiwen Wang2, Chenghao Wang2, Xiao WU2 and Houjie Wang2, (1)Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Department of Ocean Science & Engineering, Guangdong, China, (2)Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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