کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4526609 1323849 2009 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Wave effects on submarine groundwater seepage measurement
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات فرآیندهای سطح زمین
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Wave effects on submarine groundwater seepage measurement
چکیده انگلیسی

Variation of sea-surface and water pressure above the sea bed induces temporal variation of submarine groundwater discharge over time scales ranging from seconds to years. Hydrodynamic theory and measurements suggest that wave-induced exchange between a permeable sediment bed and overlying water column is significant but conventional seepage-meter studies have focussed mainly on tidal dynamics and ignored waves. At Cockburn Sound in Western Australia we measured wave-induced flow reversals through a seepage meter of amplitude 60cmd-1; however, it was unclear whether the measured flows were real seepage or, partly or wholly, an artifact of wave action on the seepage meter. A numerical model of seepage patterns beneath a vented benthic chamber demonstrated an observer effect introduced by the chamber and not previously identified. Placing a chamber on the sediment bed disturbed the pressure field and changed both the pattern and magnitude of the wave-induced flow. A separate analysis of benthic-chamber movements under the action of shallow surface waves established that micron-scale movements of the chamber at the wave frequency were sufficient to produce apparent seepage amplitudes of O(1–100) cm d−1. We concluded that wave action is a key control on bed seepage and should not be neglected without justification in direct-measurement studies of marine bed discharge. A systematic error during each wave cycle can accumulate to a significant measurement error if the wave cycle error is large or if wave-induced flow is the dominant component of the seepage. In the latter case, the error could potentially be misinterpreted as a steady seepage component.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Advances in Water Resources - Volume 32, Issue 6, June 2009, Pages 820–833
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