Sidescan sonar survey of a dumping site in the Mecklenburg Bight (south-western Baltic Sea) |
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Authors: | F Tauber |
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Institution: | aBaltic Sea Research Institute Warnemünde, 18119 Warnemünde, Germany |
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Abstract: | Two dumping test sites of dredged sediment (glacial till, mixed sediment with sand) in the south-western Baltic Sea were repeatedly investigated with sidescan sonar. The first survey was conducted before dumping, the second survey 1 week after dumping, and eight more surveys were run during the following three and a half years. Sidescan mosaics were calculated from raw data. Comparing the mosaics, it becomes obvious that the initial strong microrelief of the dumping sites vanishes with time. The heaps of dumped material were eroded. Coarse material remains at the surface, fine material fills in the gaps between the heaps. Fine sediment structures (filaments and aureoles) created by the dumping process, and elongated traces of dumped material outside the dumping places disappeared with time. |
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Keywords: | Sidescan sonar Dumping Dredged sediment Glacial till Baltic Sea Mecklenburg Bight |
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