D.E. Drake A. Palanques 1990 <div id="preview-section-abstract"><div id="abstracts" class="Abstracts u-font-serif"><div id="aep-abstract-id3" class="abstract author"><div id="aep-abstract-sec-id4"><div class="u-margin-s-bottom">Hydrographic data, water and bottom-sediment samples, and a GEOPROBE tripod experiment were used to examine the distribution and dynamics of suspended particulate matter on the Ebro shelf in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea.</div><div class="u-margin-s-bottom">In the absence of strong winds and storms, primary sediment supply from the Ebro River is dispersed along the shelf by a general southward flow. In such calm conditions, suspended-matter concentrations on the shelf are lower than 3 mg/l and transfer of material from the shelf to the slope takes place principally over the shelf edge north of the Columbretes Islands.</div><div class="u-margin-s-bottom"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div class="u-margin-s-bottom">Very fine sediment deposited in a mid-shelf mud belt (30–80 m deep) is cohesive and resistant to erosion. Only relatively rare, strong storms are able to resuspend particles from the deeper, central region of this cohesive deposit. When resuspension takes place, suspended-particulate-matter concentration increases and the general dispersal pattern of suspended matter is altered. Near the seafloor, distribution of suspended matter is greatly influenced by the distribution of the mid-shelf muds from which particles are resuspended. Resuspension occurs more intensively and frequently along the shallower (20–40 m) edge of the cohesive deposit and near the delta.</div></div></div></div></div> application/pdf 10.1016/0025-3227(90)90116-2 en Elsevier Distribution and dispersal of suspended particulate matter on the Ebro continental shelf, northwestern Mediterranean Sea article