REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS AND BOTTOM LOSSES AT NORMAL INCIDENCE COMPUTED FROM PACIFIC SEDIMENT PROPERTIES

Geophysics ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 995-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin L. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Normal Incidence ◽  
Silty Sand ◽  
Reflection Coefficients ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Sediment Properties ◽  
Compressional Waves ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
Sediment Types ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Clayey Silt

Rayleigh reflection coefficients and bottom losses of compressional waves at normal incidence on the water‐sediment interface are computed with values of density and velocity measured in sea‐floor sediment samples; main sediment types in three major environments of the Pacific and adjacent areas are included. Some typical average computed values of acoustic bottom loss at normal incidence in db are (1) continental shelf: sands, 8; silty sand, 10; sandy silt, 14; silty clay, 16; (2) abyssal plain: clayey silt, 17; silty clay and clay, 21; and (3) abyssal hill: silty clay and clay, 17. Comparisons with actual measurements at sea by several investigators demonstrate the validity of the approach.

scholarly journals THE CORRELATION BETWEEN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA AND SEDIMENT TYPES OF SOUTH MAKASSAR STRAIT

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Sheilla Zallesa ◽  
Kresna Tri Dewi ◽  
Noor C.D. Aryanto
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Silty Sand ◽  
Sediment Type ◽  
Sediment Characteristics ◽  
Core Sediment ◽  
Sandy Silt ◽  
Sediment Types ◽  
The Pacific

South Makassar Strait is located between Kalimantan and Sulawesi Islands that is an important oceanographic pathway connecting between the Pacific and Indian oceans. This area is a part of sedimentary basin that has specific seabed morphology and sediment characteristics, including foraminifera as a component of sediments. The purpose of this study is to determine community structure of benthic foraminifera related to sediment characteristics. This study used 20 top core sediment samples from water depth between 200 and 1500 m. There are identified 38 species of benthic foraminifera and some of them are characterized the study area: Anomalinoides colligerus, Lenticulina suborbicularis, Planulina wuellerstorfi, , and Pseudonodosaria discrete. The diversity index is categorized as moderate values (1.0=H'= 3) and the average of evenness values is about 0.79. The dominance values are less than 0.5 indicate that there is no dominant species in the study area. In relation to sediment characteristics, it shows that the high abundance of benthic foraminifera occurs in sediment type of silty sand and sandy silt. Moderate abundance appears in sand following by low abundance in silt and sandy silt sediment types. Keywords: benthic foraminifera, community structure, sediment types and Makassar Strait Makassar bagian selatan terletak diantara Pulau Kalimantan dan Sulawesi yang merupakan jalur oseanografik yang penting menghubungkan Samudera Pasifik dan. Wilayah ini merupakan bagian dari cekungan sedimen yang mempunyai morfologi dasar laut dan karakteristik sedimen tertentu termasuk foraminifera sebagai komponen sedimen. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui struktur komunitas foraminifera bentik dalam kaitannya dengan tipe sedimen dasar laut. Penelitian ini menggunakan 20 sampel sedimen bagian atas dari pemercontoh inti pada kedalaman antara 200 dan 1500 m. Ada 38 spesies foraminifera bentik dan beberapa diantaranya mencirikan daerah penelitian: Anomalinoides colligerus, Lenticulina suborbicularis, Planulina wuellerstorfi, dan Pseudonodosaria discrete. Indeks keanekaragaman termasuk dalam kategori sedang (1,0=H’=3) dan nilai rata-rata keseragaman sekitar 0,79. Nilai dominasi lebih kecil dari 0,5 itu menandakan tidak ada spesies yang dominan pada lokasi penelitian. Terkait dengan karakteristik sedimen menunjukkan bahwa kelimpahan foraminifera bentik tinggi terdapat pada jenis sedimen pasir lanauan dan lanau pasiran. Kelimpahan sedang ditemukan pada jenis sedimen pasir diikuti kelimpahan rendah yang dijumpai pada sedimen lanau dan lanau pasiran. Kata kunci: foraminifera bentik, struktur komunitas, jenis sedimen, Selat Makassar.

Evolution of Tidal Flats in the Northern Part of the Po Delta (Italy):  A Strategy for Future Buiding-with-Nature Management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riccardo Brunetta ◽  
Paolo Ciavola
Keyword(s):  
Tidal Flat ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Tidal Flats ◽  
Silty Sand ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Po River ◽  
Sediment Distribution ◽  
Clayey Silt ◽  
River Floods

<p>In the period 1950s-60s, the Po river Delta (Northern Italy) was hit by several floods. Agricultural fields were covered by water and many of them remained submerged since. As a consequence of the massive sediment injection into the system, this lead to the birth of new tidal flats around the tip of the Delta. The evolution of these environments over 50 years was studied, as they may be taken as an example for future reconstruction of intertidal areas. The sediment distribution and the morphological evolution of a young tidal flat of about 10 ha located in the Northern part of the Po della Pila branch were studied by undertaking fieldwork since October 2018, including detailed topographic surveys using a UAV, sedimentological analyses, and a study of sediment deposition rates. An extended crevasse splay covers the central part of the flat. The granulometry is predominately fine (Silty clay and Clayey silt), except for the central area, where the sand percentage increases (Loam and Silty sand). This surface distribution is uniform down to ~10 cm; the sand percentage increases instead within the sediment column from ~10 to 25 cm next to the mouths of the channels. The tidal flat experienced a positive sediment budget and it was characterized by higher rates of accretion after the Po river floods. These observations suggest that the tidal channels are fed by sediment from the Po River branch. Orthophotos from the 1950s show that the tidal flat is about 17 - 20 years old and its formation was influenced by human intervention and river floods. The work aims at finally comparing this case study with other tidal flats and salt marshes worldwide characterized by similar and different tidal regimes, to identify the optimal elevation for vegetation to establish and flourish, to support the future restoration of these environments.</p>

Relationship Between Manganese Nodule Distribution and Deep-Sea Sediment Properties in the Northeastern Pacific

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang-Bum Chi ◽  
Wonnyon Kim ◽  
Cheong-Kee Park ◽  
Chanmin Yoo ◽  
Youngtak Ko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Productivity ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Manganese Nodule ◽  
Sediment Properties ◽  
Deep Sea Sediment ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
Sediment Types ◽  
Northeastern Pacific

In order to identify a potential relationship between the spatial distribution of Mn-nodule and deep-sea sediment properties in the Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone of the northeastern Pacific, physico-chemical properties of deep-sea sediments and photos of sea-floor are analyzed. In general, sediment types in the area show dramatic changes with latitude. Compared to the middle sector (8–12°N) covered with biogenic siliceous sediments, the northern (16–17°N) and southern (5–6°N) areas are dominated by pelagic red clays and calcareous sediments, respectively. Such a difference in sediment types probably produces regional-scale variations in Mn-nodule occurrence with latitude (5–17°N) along longitude (131.5°W). According to the photographic examination, manganese nodules are well exposed on the sea floor in the latitude of >8°N. In connection with the dominant oceanic environment, such observation indicates that calcareous sediments cover the diagenic nodules due to higher primary productivity and sedimentation rate in the latitude of <8°N. In addition, sediments in the latitude of 8–12°N show relatively high shear strength. Considering the operation of miner and environmental effect, highly consolidated B2 and C1 areas (8–12°N), showing higher nodule contents and relatively lower primary productivity, are the most plausible site for commercial mining.

Subdivisions of the Benthic Environment of the Upper Great Lakes, with Emphasis on Lake Michigan

1968 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 1181-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles F. Powers ◽  
Andrew Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Silty Sand ◽  
Sediment Type ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Upper Great Lakes ◽  
Sediment Types ◽  
Clayey Silt ◽  
Benthic Environment

An effort has been made to introduce a greater degree of standardization and reliability into descriptions of the benthic environment made by biologically oriented observers. Comparisons of field descriptions and mechanical analyses showed an encouraging ability to distinguish among four major sediment types in Lake Michigan. The bottom of the lake has been described in terms of these types, which usually occur in the following order with respect to depth: sand, silty sand–sandy silt, silt–clayey silt in a thin layer overlying stiff plastic clay, and silt–clayey silt only. Each sediment type tends to exhibit its own range of organic carbon values, with the amount of carbon increasing with depth. Hard or rocky bottom occurs in more restricted areas and is considered a fifth recognizable bottom category. Certain features of the distribution of the sediments may be related to gross water movements and to the locations of the mouths of large tributary rivers. Limited comparative studies in Lakes Huron and Superior showed similar distributions of sediment types and organic carbon content. It is suggested that the observed uniformity of maximum organic carbon values in the sediments of all three lakes may be related to processes of oxidation.

Late Quaternary Floodplain Sedimentation along the Pomme de Terre River, Southern Missouri

1981 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Robert Brakenridge
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Silty Sand ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Red Clay ◽  
Pomme De Terre ◽  
Clayey Silt ◽  
Modern Level ◽  
Late Wisconsinan ◽  
Floodplain Sedimentation

AbstractNew cross sections and dates from along the Pomme de Terre River clarify the complex local history of valley development and floodplain sedimentation. The observed history begins with a series of ancient bedrock strath terraces that record past bedrock valley positions at 15.5 to more than 58 m above the modern bedrock floor. Each strath is capped by 1–2 m of channel gravel and sand permeated by red clay. Sometime previous to ca. 140,000 yr B.P., a much lower bedrock valley only about 5–6 m above the modern level was excavated. By 140,000 yr B.P., accumulation of red and gray mottled silty clay had commenced, and had reached to 8.5 m above the modern floodplain before 48,900 ± 900 14C yr B.P. Sometime between ca. 49,000 and 45,000 14C yr B.P., erosion caused abandonment of an oxbow meander, and lowered the bedrock valley to about its present depth. Younger yellowish-red and gray mottled silty clay alluvium then began accumulating. This mid-Wisconsinan fill reached to 2.5 m above the modern floodplain sometime before 31,800 ± 1340 14C yr B.P., at which time another erosional phase was in progress. A late Wisconsinan olive clay accumulated between 27,480 ± 1950 and ca. 23,000 14C yr B.P., followed by approximate stability until 13,550 ± 400 14C yr B.P. After stability, an erosional episode began, but by 10,200 ± 330 14C yr B.P., deposition of a distinctive brown clayey silt was underway. This early Holocene fill reached to about the same level as the mid-Wisconsinan fill by 8100 ± 140 14C yr B.P. Erosion occurred between this date and 7490 ± 170 14C yr B.P., but the former floodplain level was rapidly reattained, and was apparently stable until ca. 5000 14C yr B.P. Finally, erosional unconformities and 17 dates from the brown clayey silt, and from younger grayish-brown silty sand underlying the modern floodplain, record subsequent episodes of floodplain erosion at ca. 5000, 2900, 1500 and 350 14C yr B.P. The timing of Pomme de Terre floodplain sedimentary regimes, characterized by net aggradation, erosion, or stability, may have been controlled by climate. In particular, both periods of stability appear to have been coeval to times of strongly zonal upper atmospheric circulation. Intensified zonal circulation would have resulted in less frequent large floods and an increased dominance by floods of small to moderate size. In contrast, there are no obvious parallels to be drawn between this local alluvial history and sea level or glacial outwash induced baselevel changes.

scholarly journals Geomorphological sedimentary characteristics in the coastal area of Ma river delta, Thanh Hoa province

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-298
Author(s):  
Minh Quang Nguyen ◽  
Van Ha Vu ◽  
Thanh Tan Mai ◽  
Xuan Ban To ◽  
Ngoc Dien Tran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Area ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Clay Mineralogy ◽  
Fine Sand ◽  
Flood Plain ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Silty Sand ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Intertidal Flat ◽  
Clayey Silt

The coastal area of the Ma river delta is formed by the interaction of continental and marine processes, between neo-tectonic activities and exogenous processes, between natural factors and human activities during the Late Holocene. Using remote sensing and geoscience research methods (granulometry, paleontology, geochemistry, clay mineralogy) and geomorphological studies (geneses, morphology, dynamics) combined with field survey, this coastal area, except the denuded mountainous remnants, could be distinguished into 12 morpho-sedimentary units formed and developed by the dynamic interactions of the river, waves and tides. The units formed by fluvial dynamics include: 1) Point bar is composed of clayey silt and sandy silt, 2) Channel bar composed of silty sand, 3) Levee with the composition of silty sand and 4) The flood plain of silty clay. The Late Holocene evolution of the Ma river delta was dominated by wave dynamics, reflected by a wave-formed association of dunes, interdune swamps and current sand beaches. The wave-formed units include 5) Dune’s sand and silty sand, 6) Back-dune depressions composed of sand silt clay, 7) Beach composed of sand, 8) Lagoon plain of silty clay and 9) Strand plain composed of silty sand. The tide-influenced units include 10) Supratidal flat with the composition of silty clay, 11) Intertidal flat characterized by clay or silty clay interbedded with thin fine sand or silty sand layers, 12) Subtidal flat of sand and silty sand.

PHOSPHATIZED WOOD FROM THE PACIFIC SEA FLOOR

1960 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 631 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDWARD D. GOLDBERG ◽  
ROBERT H. PARKER
Keyword(s):  
Sea Floor ◽  
The Pacific

A Measurement of Seismic Anistropy in the Northeast Pacific

1971 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1056-1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. Keen ◽  
D. L. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Refraction ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Ocean Basin ◽  
P Wave ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
P Wave Velocity ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Magnetic Lineations ◽  
Sea Floor Spreading

A seismic refraction experiment was conducted in the Pacific Ocean basin, off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The purpose of these measurements was to obtain an estimate of the anisotropy of the mantle P-wave velocity in the area and to relate this parameter to the direction of sea floor spreading. The results show that the crustal structure is similar to that measured elsewhere in the Pacific basin. Significant anisotropy of the mantle rocks is observed; the direction in which the maximum velocity occurs being 107° and the change of velocity, about 8% of the mean value, 8.07 km/s. The direction of maximum velocity does not coincide exactly with the direction of sea floor spreading, 090°, inferred from magnetic lineations.

scholarly journals Clay Minerals Variations in Quaternary Sediments of Basrah City-Iraq

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Mohanad Hamid Al-Jaberi
Keyword(s):  
Clay Minerals ◽  
Mineralogical Composition ◽  
Silty Sand ◽  
Recent Sediment ◽  
Quaternary Sediments ◽  
Marine Transgression ◽  
Fine Grain ◽  
Clayey Silt ◽  
Marine Facies ◽  
Mixed Layers

Mineralogical and chemical analysis of two well cutting in quaternary sediments at Basrah city. This study have been focused on the quaternary clay minerals variations which give a clear indication to marine transgression and or / regression in Hammar formation. Kaolinite, Illite, Palygoreskite, Illite-Palygorestike mixed layer, Chlorite, Montmorillonite, Vermiculte, and mixed layers of Illite- Smectite are the most quantitatively important phyllosilicates in soil studies in both boreholes. The mineralogical composition of cutting sediments shows significant variability in the different size fractions and depth distribution. Chlorite and kaolinite minerals were increase in the fine grain size especially in the clayey silt, whereas montmoriolllinite and vermiculite minerals were increase in coarse grains especially in silty sand texture. Kaolinite decrease in abundance with depth, which give indicative of a transition from non-marine in quaternary recent sediment ( fresh or brackish water silt) to marine facies in quaternary Hammar formation ( marine shelly silt) during last transgression of quaternary. Palygoreskite mineral percentages increasing at depths 27 and 28 meter , after decreased at 30, 32, 35 , and 40 m respectively , which give data indication that early quaternary marine transgression happened in 32m , and center of quaternary marine transgression detected in 27 and 28 meters , while late marine transgression detected in 17 m , and all of these represent by Hammar formation. Soil ageing also caused to downward increase of montmorillonite suggest to climate became more arid during the early quaternary. Variations ratio of montmorillonite versus kaolinite can be indicated to climatic fluctuation. Illite-Semectite featured indicates changes in both sediment source and paleoclimate. Illite transformation for Illite-Palygoreskite mixed layers with ageing. Vermiculite has strong susceptibility to increase with age. SiO₂, Al₂O₃, CaO, MgO, K₂O, and Fe₂O₃ were the major oxides that identified in present study and used as indicated of clay minerals in studied sediments.

Geology of the pacific sea floor

1959 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 205-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. W. Menard
Keyword(s):  
Sea Floor ◽  
The Pacific
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