Quantifying mud settling velocity as a function of turbulence and salinity in a deltaic estuary

IF 2.1 3区 地球科学 Q2 OCEANOGRAPHY
M. McDonell , K. Strom , J. Nittrouer , G. Mariotti
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Abstract

Mud settling velocity in coastal regions is controlled by flocculation, which in turn strongly depends on turbulence, chemistry, and biology of the water-sediment mixture. As a result, mud settling velocity can be poorly constrained, and vary in space and time by orders of magnitude. Here we quantified mud settling velocity in Barataria Basin, a deltaic estuary in Louisiana (USA), using three independent methods: eddy covariance (one station for 200 days), floc cameras (4 stations at one time), and Rouse profile inversion (14 stations, replicated 10–30 times each). Eddy covariance indicates that settling velocity increases with turbulence, at least within the range experienced at the site (shear rate G up to 10 Hz). Settling velocity increases with salinity (in the 0 to 6 psμ range) for moderate turbulence levels (5 < G < 10 Hz), but it is nearly independent of salinity for low levels of turbulence (G < 5 Hz). Consistent with this finding, floc camera measurements – taken at low turbulence levels – indicate similar floc sizes for salinities from 0.4 to 20 psu. Settling velocity estimated from a Rouse profile inversion also lacks a dependence on salinity, likely because they were taken at low turbulence levels. This study is novel in that it utilizes three methodologies to independently predict the mud settling velocity, with quantified settling velocity values ranging 0.1–1 mm/s, and with most values between 0.2 and 0.5 mm/s. Overall these measurements confirm that mud is flocculated in both the saline and freshwater zones of Barataria Basin, and that turbulence is the largest factor controlling mud settling velocity. Nonetheless, salinity can increase mud settling velocity up to a factor of two. These results could inform the management of sediment imported into estuaries from freshwater sources, such as through natural drainages, crevasse splays, and engineered river diversions.

量化三角洲河口泥浆沉降速度与湍流和盐度的关系
沿岸地区的泥沙沉降速度受絮凝作用的控制,而絮凝作用又在很大程度上取决于水沙混 合物的湍流、化学和生物学特性。因此,对泥沙沉降速度的约束很差,而且在空间和时间上会有数量级的变化。在这里,我们使用三种独立的方法对美国路易斯安那州三角洲河口巴拉塔利亚盆地的泥沙沉降速度进行了量化:涡度协方差法(一个站点 200 天)、絮凝体照相机法(一次 4 个站点)和劳斯剖面反演法(14 个站点,每个站点重复 10-30 次)。涡度协方差表明,沉降速度随湍流的增加而增加,至少在现场经历的范围内是这样(剪切速率 G 高达 10 Hz)。在中等湍流水平(5 < G < 10 Hz)下,沉降速度随盐度增加(在 0 到 6 psμ 范围内),但在低湍流水平(G < 5 Hz)下,沉降速度几乎与盐度无关。与这一发现相一致的是,在低湍流水平下进行的絮凝体照相机测量结果表明,盐度从 0.4 psu 到 20 psu 的絮凝体大小相似。根据劳斯剖面反演估算出的沉降速度也与盐度无关,这可能是因为测量是在低湍流水平下进行的。这项研究的新颖之处在于,它采用了三种方法来独立预测泥浆沉降速度,量化的沉降速度值在 0.1-1 毫米/秒之间,大多数沉降速度值在 0.2-0.5 毫米/秒之间。总体而言,这些测量结果证实,泥浆在巴拉塔利亚盆地的盐水区和淡水区都会絮凝,湍流是控制泥浆沉降速度的最大因素。不过,盐度可使泥浆沉降速度增加两倍。这些结果可为管理从淡水来源(如自然排水、裂缝分流和工程河流改道)输入河口的沉积物提供参考。
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Continental Shelf Research
Continental Shelf Research 地学-海洋学
CiteScore
4.30
自引率
4.30%
发文量
136
审稿时长
6.1 months
期刊介绍: Continental Shelf Research publishes articles dealing with the biological, chemical, geological and physical oceanography of the shallow marine environment, from coastal and estuarine waters out to the shelf break. The continental shelf is a critical environment within the land-ocean continuum, and many processes, functions and problems in the continental shelf are driven by terrestrial inputs transported through the rivers and estuaries to the coastal and continental shelf areas. Manuscripts that deal with these topics must make a clear link to the continental shelf. Examples of research areas include: Physical sedimentology and geomorphology Geochemistry of the coastal ocean (inorganic and organic) Marine environment and anthropogenic effects Interaction of physical dynamics with natural and manmade shoreline features Benthic, phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology Coastal water and sediment quality, and ecosystem health Benthic-pelagic coupling (physical and biogeochemical) Interactions between physical dynamics (waves, currents, mixing, etc.) and biogeochemical cycles Estuarine, coastal and shelf sea modelling and process studies.
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