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| Mengual, Baptiste; Le Hir, Pierre; Cayocca, Florence; Garlan, T.. |
| Based on experiments, a trawling-induced erosion dynamics was included in a 3D realistic and pre-validated hydro-sedimentary model so as to assess its contribution to the overall regional sediment dynamics in the specific case of the Bay of Biscay continental shelf. The effect of trawling was investigated throughout a 5-year period in terms of horizontal/vertical fluxes and changes in seabed mud content, and compared to the natural variability of sediment fluxes at different spatio-temporal scales. Trawling is shown in the model to significantly contribute to sediment re-suspension, and changes in the seabed at the scale of the shelf. The contribution of trawling to re-suspension is >80% during the high fishing season at many locations on the outer... |
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Palavras-chave: Sediment fluxes; Bottom trawling; Numerical modelling; Bay of Biscay; Continental shelf. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00500/61146/64574.pdf |
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| Diaz, Melanie; Grasso, Florent; Le Hir, Pierre; Sottolichio, Aldo; Caillaud, Matthieu; Thouvenin, Benedicte. |
| Coastal environments are directly influenced by terrigenous inputs coming from rivers through estuaries. Quantifying the amount of nutrients and contaminants transported by sediments from continental areas to the sea is crucial for marine resources protection. However, the complexity of estuarine dynamics makes it difficult to quantify sediment fluxes from field measurements alone and requires numerical modeling. Thus, using a realistic 3D hydrodynamic and sediment transport model, this study aims at evaluating the influence of model empirical parameters on sediment fluxes and estimating uncertainties on mud and sand transfers at a macrotidal estuary mouth. A sensitivity analysis, considering changes in sediment transport parameters, revealed that the... |
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Palavras-chave: Sensitivity analysis; Sediment fluxes; Numerical modeling; Mud; Sand; Gironde Estuary. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00617/72897/71906.pdf |
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| PAIVA,BÁRBARA P.; SCHETTINI,CARLOS A.F.; PEREIRA,MARÇAL D.; SIEGLE,EDUARDO; MIRANDA,LUIZ B.; ANDUTTA,FERNANDO P.. |
| ABSTRACT Estuarine processes are directly related to the interaction of its forcing conditions with the local morphology. In this study we assess the implications of the opening of a new inlet on the hydrodynamics and suspended sediment concentration (SSC). A set of physical parameters have been measured in the Itanhém river estuary, a small, shallow and mangrove fringed tropical estuary in Northeastern Brazil. Field surveys have been conducted in August 2007 and January 2008, separated by an important morphological change. Our observations show that even shortening the lower estuary channel in 2 km, the inlet opening did not imply in changes in the estuarine circulation. However, SSC increased after the inlet opening. General estuarine circulation showed... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Estuarine circulation; Sediment fluxes; Morphological changes; Tidal asymmetry. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652016000401265 |
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