Natural and anthropogenic influences on the development of mud depocenters in the southwestern Baltic Sea

Porz, Lucas; Zhang, Wenyan; Schrum, Corinna

doi:10.1016/j.oceano.2022.03.005

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Natural and anthropogenic influences on the development of mud depocenters in the southwestern Baltic Sea

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Porz Lucas , Zhang Wenyan , Schrum Corinna

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10.1016/j.oceano.2022.03.005

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The morphological evolution of two mud depocenters in the southwestern Baltic Sea is investigated by comparison of numerical model results to geological and oceanographic data. The pathways of dense currents during episodic dense-water inflows from the North Sea are shown to correspond to current pathways inferred from contouritic depositional geometries in the flow-confining channels within the study area. A favorable comparison of model results to published current speed observations shows that the mesoscale dynamics of individual inflow events are reproduced by the model, indicating that external forcing and basin geometry rather than internal dynamics control the mesoscale dynamics of inflow events. The bottom current directions during inflows show high stability in the flow-confining channels and explain the contouritic depositional geometries. Asymmetric depositional features in the channels are qualitatively reproduced in the model. Bottom currents are less stable in areas without contouritic features, possibly resulting in an overall diffusive effect on sediment distribution in those areas. In a simulation of resuspension by bottom-contacting fishing gear, inter-basin sediment transport is increased by 4–30%, depending on the area, compared to the case of natural hydrodynamic resuspension. The model predicts an increased winnowing of the finest sediment fraction due to bottom trawling, leading to an overall coarsening-to-fining trend in the direction of net sediment transport. The results show that rather than hemi-pelagic background sedimentation, episodic events with high bottom current velocities as well as bottom-trawling induced resuspension are responsible for the present-day and future morphological configuration of the mud depocenters in the southwestern Baltic Sea.

Słowa kluczowe

Baltic Sea bottom trawling mud depocenters sediment transport contourites bottom currents

Wydawca

Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology
Elsevier

Czasopismo

Oceanologia

Rocznik

2023

Tom

Vol. 65 (1)

Strony

182--193

Opis fizyczny

Bibliogr. 53 poz., map., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Porz Lucas

lucas.porz@hereon.de

Institute of Coastal Systems, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7761-9587

autor

Zhang Wenyan

Institute of Coastal Systems, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6239-8312

autor

Schrum Corinna

Institute of Coastal Systems, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3251-4551

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).

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