Relationship between the offlap-break location of Holocene prograding wedges on wave climate in southeastern Iberian Peninsula
Authors
Fernández-Salas, L.M. (Luis Miguel); Lobo, F.J. (Francisco J.); Hernández-Molina, F.J. (Francisco Javier); Bárcenas-Gascón, P. (Patricia); Díaz-del-Río-Español, V. (Víctor)Date
2010Type
conference outputKeywords
Alboran SeaContinental Shelf
Waves
Sediment Transport
Abstract
Wave climate exerts a significant influence on the development of Holocene sedimentary prograding wedges. This is demonstrated by
the fact that near-bed orbital velocities between 0.10 and 0.14 m/s (threshold for resuspension) occur in the vicinity of the infralittoral
prograding wedges (IPW) offlap-breaks during storm-weather conditions, but during medium wave energy conditions in the case of
prodeltaic wedges.