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Book SynopsisThe application of multibeam and sediment transport measurement technologies and the adoption of multi-faceted research methodologies have greatly advanced our understanding of the sedimentary processes on continental shelves in the last decade.
This book uniquely blends cutting-edge research and state-of-the art review articles that take stock of new advances in multibeam mapping and sediment transport technologies, spatial analysis and modelling, and the applications of these advances to the understanding of shelf sediments, morphodynamics, and sedimentary processes. Case studies are also presented to illustrate the utilization of seabed property and process knowledge in habitat mapping and ocean management
With its mix of papers focusing on technological advances, integration of shelf morphology and processes, and the application of these advances to coastal and ocean management, this Special Publication volume will serve as a milestone reference for professional marine s
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Table of ContentsPreface
Part 1: Sediments and morphology in shelf and coastal systems
Optimal use of multibeam technology in the study of shelf morphodynamics
John E. Hughes Clarke
Palaeogeographic reconstruction of Hecate Strait British Columbia: changing sea levels and sedimentary processes reshape a glaciated shelf
J. Vaughn Barrie and Kim W. Conway
Changes in submarine channel morphology and slope sedimentation patterns from repeat multibeam surveys in the Fraser River delta, western Canada
Philip R. Hill
Recent sedimentary processes in the Cap de Creus canyon head and adjacent continental shelf, NE Spain: evidence from multibeam bathymetry, sub-bottom profiles and coring
A. García-García, T. Schoolmeester, D. Orange, A. Calafat, J. Fabres, E. Grossman, M. Field, T. Lorenson, M. Levey and M. Sansoucy
Geology metrics for predicting shoreline change using seabed and sub-bottom observations from the surf zone and nearshore
Jesse E. McNinch and Jennifer L. Miselis
Re-examination of sand ridges on the middle and outer New Jersey shelf based on combined analysis of multibeam bathymetry and backscatter, seafloor grab samples and chirp seismic data
John A. Goff and Catherine S. Duncan
Sedimentary facies of shoreface-connected sand ridges off the East Frisian barrier-island coast, southern North Sea: climatic controls and preservation potential
Chang Soo Son, Burghard W. Flemming and Tae Soo Chang
Part 2: Sediment transport processes, sedimentation and modelling
Recent advances in understanding continental shelf sediment transport
L.D. Wright
Recent advances in instrumentation used to study sediment transport
Jon J. Williams
Seabed disturbance and bedform distribution and mobility on the storm-dominated Sable Island Bank, Scotian Shelf
Michael Z. Li, Edward L. King and Robert H. Prescott
Temporal variability, migration rates and preservation potential of subaqueous dune fields generated in the Agulhas Current on the southeast African continental shelf
Burghard W. Flemming and Alexander Bartholomä
Measurement of bedload transport in a coastal sea using repeat swath bathymetry surveys: assessing bedload formulae using sand dune migration
Garret P. Duffy and John E. Hughes-Clarke
Analyzing bedforms mapped using multibeam sonar to determine regional bedload sediment transport patterns in the San Francisco Bay coastal system
Patrick L. Barnard, Li Erikson, David M. Rubin, Pete Dartnell and Rikk G. Kvitek
Sediment transport on continental shelves: storm bed formation and preservation in heterogeneous sediments
T. R. Keen, R. L. Slingerland, S. J. Bentley, Y. Furukawa, W. J. Teague and J. D. Dykes
Tidal influence on the transport of suspended matter in the southwestern Yellow Sea at 6 ka
Katsuto Uehara and Yoshiki Saito
Origin, transport processes and distribution pattern of modern sediments in the Yellow Sea
Xuefa Shi, Yanguang Liu, Zhihua Chen, Jianwei Wei, Sulan Ge, Kunshan Wang, Guoqing Wang, Shouye Yang, Shuqing Qiao, Deling Cai, Zhenbo Cheng, Wenrui Bu and Hi-Ii Yi
Seasonal and spatial variation in suspended sediment characteristics off the Changjiang estuary
Guoqing Wang, Xuefa Shi, Yanguang Liu, Xisheng Fang and Gang Yang
Factors controlling downward fluxes of particulate matter in glacier-contact and non-glacier contact settings in a subpolar fjord (Billefjorden, Svalbard)
Witold Szczuciński and Marek Zajączkowski
Part 3: Application and management
On seabed disturbance, marine ecological succession and applications for environmental management: a physical sedimentological perspective
Peter T. Harris
Benthic habitat mapping from seabed acoustic surveys: do implicit assumptions hold?
Vladimir E. Kostylev
List of Reviewers
Index
