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Flow-induced uptake of particulate matter in permeable sediments

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Huettel,  Markus
Flux Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Ziebis,  Wiebke
Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Forster,  Stefan
Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Huettel, M., Ziebis, W., & Forster, S. (1996). Flow-induced uptake of particulate matter in permeable sediments. Limnology and Oceanography, 41(2), 309-322. doi:10.4319/lo.1996.41.2.0309.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0004-B4A6-5
Abstract
We demonstrate the fast transfer of suspended particles from the boundary layer into the upper strata (z < 4 cm) of permeable sediments with topography-related interfacial water flows. The transport is driven by pressure gradients (Delta P less than or equal to 3 Pa) generated when bottom flows (u less than or equal to 10 cm s(-1)) are deflected by small surface structures (z < 3 cm) of hydrodynamical or biological origin. Acrylic pigment grains of 1- and 10-mu m diameter traced the intrusion of particulate matter into sandy sediment (k > 2 x 10(-11) m(2)) incubated in a laboratory flume. Increased pressure up- and downstream of small mounds (z = 2.5 cm) drove water 5.5 cm into the core, carrying suspended particles (1 mu m) to 2.2-cm sediment depth within 10 h. Simultaneously, decreased pressure at the downstream slope of the protrusions drew pore fluid from deeper layers (z less than or equal to 10 cm) to the surface. In the sediment, friction reduced the velocity of the particulate tracers, resulting in size fractionation and layers of increased particle concentration. Ripple topography (0.8-2.8 cm high) enhanced interfacial particle (1 mu m) flux by a factor 2.3 when compared to a level control core. The pathways of the particle and solute tracers below a sediment ripple are explained with a source-sink model that describes the pore flow velocity field. Our results suggest that bedform-induced interfacial flows are important for the uptake of particulate organic matter into permeable shelf sediments.