Quick Search:    advanced search

GSW Home   GeoRef Home   My GSW Alerts   Contact GSW   About GSW   Journals List   Help

Journal of the Geological Society

This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by McCAVE, I. N. Search for Related Content GeoRef GeoRef Citation

Fine sediment sources and sinks around the East Anglian Coast (UK)

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK

The cliffs of Norfolk and Suffolk yield an average of 785 000 tonnes (t) of fine sediments to the coastal zone annually. East Anglian rivers yield very little (5500 t a^–1) but those of the Wash produce about 100 000 t a¹. By contrast the region is dominated by 1.4 x l0⁶ ta^–1 input from cliff erosion in Holderness. Accumulation in vertical accretion alone of the coastal marshes of East Anglia, the Wash, north Lincolnshire and the Humber requires 1.12 x 10⁶t a^–1 of fines. Progradation around the Wash probably accounts for another 1.1 x 10⁶t a^–1. The East Anglian area (including the Wash) is thus sufficient to trap over half the regional mud input from Flamborough Head to the north side of the Thames estuary, and could take it all, depending on assumptions involved in calculation.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				S. J. Bass, I. N. McCave, J. M. Rees, and C. E. Vincent Sand and mud flux estimates using acoustic and optical backscatter sensors: measurements seaward of the Wash, southern North Sea Geological Society, London, Special Publications, January 1, 2007; 274(1): 25 - 35. [Abstract] [PDF]

				A. J. Souza, J. T. Holt, and R. Proctor Modelling SPM on the NW European shelf seas Geological Society, London, Special Publications, January 1, 2007; 274(1): 147 - 158. [Abstract] [PDF]

				J. E. Andrews, G. Samways, P. F. Dennis, and B. A. Maher Origin, abundance and storage of organic carbon and sulphur in the Holocene Humber Estuary: emphasizing human impact on storage changes Geological Society, London, Special Publications, January 1, 2000; 166(1): 145 - 170. [Abstract] [PDF]

				D. R. Cahoon, J. R. French, T. Spencer, D. Reed, and I. Moller Vertical accretion versus elevational adjustment in UK saltmarshes: an evaluation of alternative methodologies Geological Society, London, Special Publications, January 1, 2000; 175(1): 223 - 238. [Abstract] [PDF]

				R. J. Nicholls, A. Dredge, and T. Wilson Shoreline change and fine-grained sediment input: Isle of Sheppey Coast, Thames Estuary, UK Geological Society, London, Special Publications, January 1, 2000; 175(1): 305 - 315. [Abstract] [PDF]

				P. S. MEADOWS, A. C. REICHELT, A. MEADOWS, and J. S. WATERWORTH Microbial and meiofaunal abundance, redox potential, pH and shear strength profiles in deep sea Pacific sediments Journal of the Geological Society, April 1, 1994; 151(2): 377 - 390. [Abstract] [PDF]