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Characterization of bottom sediment resuspension events observed in a micro-tidal bay
Laboratori d'Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Centre Internacional d'Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Pablo Cerralbo
Laboratori d'Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Centre Internacional d'Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Jorge Guillén
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, 08003, Spain
Manuel Espino
Laboratori d'Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Centre Internacional d'Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Lars Boye Hansen
DHI-Gras, Horsholm, 2970, Denmark
Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla
Laboratori d'Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Centre Internacional d'Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
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Short summary
In this paper we investigate the origin of the variability in
near-bottom turbidity observations in Alfacs Bay (in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea). The observations of turbidity peaks are consistent with the seiche phenomenon. We suggest that the sequence of resuspension events plays an important role in the suspended sediment concentration, meaning that previous sediment resuspension events may influence the increase in suspended sediment in subsequent events.
In this paper we investigate the origin of the variability in
near-bottom turbidity...
