The Benthic Boundary Layer

ISBN-13: 9781461587491 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 324 str.

I. McCave

Opis

The Conference on the Benthic Boundary Layer was held under the auspices of the NATO Science Committee as part of its continuing effort to promote the useful progress of science through international cooperation. Science Committee Conferences are deliberately designed to focus attention on unsolved problems, with carefully selected participants invited to provide complementary expertise from a variety of relevant disciplines. Through inten sive discussion in small groups they seek to reach a consensus on assessments and recommendations for future research emphasis, which it is hoped will be of value to the larger scientific community. The subjects treated over the past few years have been as varied as science itself-e.g., computer software engineering, chemical catalysis, and materials and energy research. The present effort evolved from informal discussions between marine geolo gists, chemists, and biologists which underlined the desirability of improved communication among those concerned with the benthic layer. In both scien tific and technological terms this is an exciting frontier, rich in promise but poorly understood at present. It is particularly striking to realize that there are at least as many definitions of the benthic layer as there are disciplines involved, and it seemed clear that there was much to be gained by a detailed exchange of views on research capabilities, trends, and priorities. The results of the meeting appear to have confirmed the hopes of the sponsors."

Spis treści

I • Papers.- 1 The Physics of the Benthic Boundary Layer.- 2 Measurements of Turbulence in the Irish Sea Benthic Boundary Laye.- 3 The Benthic Boundary from the Viewpoint of a Geochemist.- 4 Nutrients Near the Depositional Interface.- 5 The Benthic Boundary Layer from the Point of View of a Biologist.- 6 Metabolic Activities of Benthic Microfauna and Meiofauna: Recent Advances and Review of Suitable Methods of Analysis.- 7 Engineering Interest in the Benthic Boundary Layer.- 8 Marine Geotechnology: Average Sediment Properties, Selected Literature and Review of Consolidation, Stability, and Bioturbation-Geotechnical Interactions in the Benthic Layer.- 9 Flow Phenomena in the Benthic Boundary Layer and Bed Forms beneath Deep-Current Systems.- II • Working Group Reports.- Working Group A Gradients of Velocity and Physical, Biological, and Chemical Properties.- Working Group B Velocity Variations, Turbulence, and Stability.- Working Group C Sea Floor Deposition, Erosion, and Transportation.- Working Group D Solution-Sediment Chemical Interactions.- Working Group E Organism-Sediment Relationships.- Working Group FMetabolism at the Benthic Boundary.- Participants.- Organizing Committee.