MG53A:
Sediment Delivery, Transport, and Deposition in Marine and Lacustrine Environments III

Session ID#: 93580

Session Description:
Sediment transport processes are relevant to many areas of marine and lacustrine sciences because direct influences of water column turbidity, and particulate transport impact processes including biogeochemical cycles and benthic habitat evolution.  Additionally, the form and character of sedimentary created provide clues as to the transport processes and environments present during their emplacement. Recent advances in theoretical, observational, and numerical modeling techniques have led to a more integrative understanding of the processes and products of sediment delivery, transport and deposition in aquatic environments; including lakes, estuaries, continental shelves, and the deep ocean. Sediment texture in these environments is often mixed bed or patchy, and includes a wide range of grain sizes including fine-grained muds, sands, and even gravels.  This session showcases emerging research relevant to these environments covering physical forcing, particle behavior, modes of transport, morphodynamic feedbacks, and event stratigraphy.  The session especially welcomes studies that consider the impacts of sediment transport across disciplines including biogeochemical and contaminant feedbacks.  Studies in this session may derive from field observations, laboratory experiments, and modeling across a range of spatial and temporal scales.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • CP - Coastal and Estuarine Processes
Index Terms:

3022 Marine sediments: processes and transport [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
Primary Chair:  Dr. Courtney Kay Harris, Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Coastal and Ocean Processes, Gloucester Point, VA, United States
Co-chairs:  Andrea S Ogston, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States, D. Reide Corbett, UNC Coastal Studies Institute, Department of Geological Sciences, Wanchese, United States and Guan-hong Lee, Inha University, Department of Oceanography, Incheon
Primary Liaison:  Dr. Courtney Kay Harris, Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, United States
Moderators:  D. Reide Corbett, UNC Coastal Studies Institute, Department of Geological Sciences, Wanchese, United States and Guan-hong Lee, Inha University, Department of Oceanography, Incheon
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Dr. Courtney Kay Harris, Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Physical, hydrodynamic and biological controls on sediment delivery to shoreline in the tidal flats of Morecombe Bay, UK (650455)
Christopher Adam Unsworth1, Ian Dougal Lichtman1, Megan E Williams2, Peter D Thorne1, Andrew Blight3, David M Paterson4 and Laurent Amoudry1, (1)National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (2)Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile, (3)University of St Andrews, Scottish Oceans Institute, St Andrews, United Kingdom, (4)University of St Andrews, School of Biology, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Shifts in sediment routing and deposition associated with 150 years of estuary modification in Coos Bay, Oregon (655895)
Emily Eidam, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, David Sutherland, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States, David K Ralston, WHOI, Department of Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole, United States, Bass Dye, University of Oregon, Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States and Ted Conroy, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Science, Eugene, OR, United States
Modelling study of human-induced historical changes in sediment provenance and transport in a macro-tidal estuary. (488849)
Zhixin Cheng, University of New South Wales, School of Science, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Isabel Jalon-Rojas Dr., University of New South Wales, The Sino-Australian Research Centre for Coastal Management, School of Physical,Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, Canberra, NSW, Australia and Xiao Hua Wang, Univ of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Suspended Sediment Concentration Gradients in the Complex Bathymetric Features of a Macro-Tidal Estuary (648956)
Rafael Ramirez-Mendoza, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Mexico and Luis G Alvarez, CICESE, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico
Exploring the Maximum Turbidity Zone in the St. Lawrence Estuary (Eastern Canada) (648559)
Christiane Dufresne1, Abïgaëlle Dussol1, Anne-Sophie Fabris1 and Dany Dumont2, (1)Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada, (2)University of Quebec at Rimouski UQAR, ISMER, Rimouski, QC, Canada
Field Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements over Rippled Bedforms during Transitional Wave Forcing (651272)
Blake J Landry1, Carlo C Zuniga Zamalloa2, Ryan Mieras2, Joe Calantoni1, Edward F Braithwaite III3, Charles Key1, Callum Gray4, Sean Griffin5 and Alex Sheremet6, (1)U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (2)National Research Council Research Associateship Program, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (3)U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, United States, (4)LaVision, Inc., Ypsilanti, MI, United States, (5)Proteus Technologies, LLC, Slidell, LA, United States, (6)University of Florida, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE), Gainesville, United States
Turbulence-Resolving Numerical Investigation of Fine Sediment Transport over Ripples in the Suborbital Regime (647251)
Liangyi Yue, University of Delaware, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States, Tian-Jian Hsu, University of Delaware, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark, United States, Alex R Horner-Devine, University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, United States and Andrea S Ogston, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States
Wave Driven Sand Ripple Formation on a Subaqueous Sand Mound (654627)
Seok-Bong Lee1, Meagan E. Wengrove2, Matthieu Andreas de Schipper3, Julia Hopkins4, Maarten G Kleinhans5 and Gerben Ruessink5, (1)Oregon State University, Civil & Construction Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Corvallis, United States, (3)Delft University of Technology, Hydraulic Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, (4)Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, (5)Utrecht University, Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands