Sediments, morphology, and sedimentary processes on continental shelves : advances in technologies, research and applications

Sediments, Morphology and Sedimentary Processes on Continental Shelves: Advances in Technologies, Research and Applications......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Part 1: Sediments and morphology in shelf and coastal systems......Page 11
Optimal use of multibeam technology in the study of shelf morphodynamics......Page 13
Palaeogeographic reconstruction of Hecate Strait British Columbia: changing sea levels and sedimentary processes reshape a glaciated shelf......Page 39
Changes in submarine channel morphology and slope sedimentation patterns from repeat multibeam surveys in the Fraser River delta, western Canada......Page 57
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......Page 81
Geology metrics for predicting shoreline change using seabed and sub-bottom observations from the surf zone and nearshore......Page 109
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......Page 131
Sedimentary facies of shoreface-connected sand ridges off the East Frisian barrier-island coast, southern North Sea: climatic controls and preservation potential......Page 153
Part 2: Sediment transport processes, sedimentation and modelling......Page 169
Recent advances in understanding continental shelf sediment transport......Page 171
Recent advances in instrumentation used to study sediment transport......Page 183
Seabed disturbance and bedform distribution and mobility on the storm-dominated Sable Island Bank, Scotian Shelf......Page 207
Temporal variability, migration rates and preservation potential of subaqueous dune fields generated in the Agulhas Current on the southeast African continental shelf......Page 239
Measurement of bedload transport in a coastal sea using repeat swath bathymetry surveys: assessing bedload formulae using sand dune migration......Page 259
Analyzing bedforms mapped using multibeam sonar to determine regional bedload sediment transport patterns in the San Francisco Bay coastal system......Page 283
Sediment transport on continental shelves: storm bed formation and preservation in heterogeneous sediments......Page 305
Tidal influence on the transport of suspended matter in the southwestern Yellow Sea at 6 ka......Page 321
Origin, transport processes and distribution pattern of modern sediments in the Yellow Sea......Page 331
Seasonal and spatial variation in suspended sediment characteristics off the Changjiang estuary......Page 361
Factors controlling downward fluxes of particulate matter in glacier-contact and non-glacier contact settings in a subpolar fjord (Billefjorden, Svalbard)......Page 379
Part 3: Application and management......Page 397
On seabed disturbance, marine ecological succession and applications for environmental management: a physical sedimentological perspective......Page 399
Benthic habitat mapping from seabed acoustic surveys: do implicit assumptions hold?......Page 415
List of Reviewers......Page 427
Index......Page 429