Linking Sediment Transport and Stratigraphy on the Continental Shelf

The goal of the shelf sediment dynamics component of STRATAFORM is to link sediment transport processes active on the continental shelfto the formation and preservation of event beds inshelf sediment deposits. An approach combiningshelf sediment-transport models with high-resolution measurements of water-column and bed properties over periods from several months to severalyears allows us to make quantitative estimates of bed modification caused by sediment resuspension during episodic transport events