Contemporary and relict titaniferous sand facies on the western Canadian continental shelf

British Columbian continental shelf as a source of dissolved iron to the subarctic northeast Pacific Ocean

“…As a result, tidal currents near headlands and fjord and channel entrances are exceptionally energetic throughout the water column and at some locations generate shelf waves that allow the high energy from these regions to spread along the coast and also into Queen Charlotte Sound [e.g., Foreman and Thomson , 1997]. The banks in the Sound have a layer of clean beach sand (0.5–1 m thick; J. V. Barrie, personal communication, 2009) on the top with finer dark sand that has exceptionally high concentrations of heavy minerals on the slopes of the banks (roughly 110–140 m depth) [ Barrie , 1991]. These sands are rich in Fe and are easily suspended by winter storm waves and local tidal currents [ Barrie et al , 1988].…”

British Columbian continental shelf as a source of dissolved iron to the subarctic northeast Pacific Ocean

“…As a result, tidal currents near headlands and fjord and channel entrances are exceptionally energetic throughout the water column and at some locations generate shelf waves that allow the high energy from these regions to spread along the coast and also into Queen Charlotte Sound [e.g., Foreman and Thomson , 1997]. The banks in the Sound have a layer of clean beach sand (0.5–1 m thick; J. V. Barrie, personal communication, 2009) on the top with finer dark sand that has exceptionally high concentrations of heavy minerals on the slopes of the banks (roughly 110–140 m depth) [ Barrie , 1991]. These sands are rich in Fe and are easily suspended by winter storm waves and local tidal currents [ Barrie et al , 1988].…”

British Columbian continental shelf as a source of dissolved iron to the subarctic northeast Pacific Ocean

“…As a result, tidal currents near headlands and fjord and channel entrances are exceptionally energetic throughout the water column and at some locations generate shelf waves that allow the high energy from these regions to spread along the coast and also into Queen Charlotte Sound [e.g., Foreman and Thomson , 1997]. The banks in the Sound have a layer of clean beach sand (0.5–1 m thick; J. V. Barrie, personal communication, 2009) on the top with finer dark sand that has exceptionally high concentrations of heavy minerals on the slopes of the banks (roughly 110–140 m depth) [ Barrie , 1991]. These sands are rich in Fe and are easily suspended by winter storm waves and local tidal currents [ Barrie et al , 1988].…”

British Columbian continental shelf as a source of dissolved iron to the subarctic northeast Pacific Ocean

“…As a result, tidal currents near headlands and fjord and channel entrances are exceptionally energetic throughout the water column and at some locations generate shelf waves that allow the high energy from these regions to spread along the coast and also into Queen Charlotte Sound [e.g., Foreman and Thomson , 1997]. The banks in the Sound have a layer of clean beach sand (0.5–1 m thick; J. V. Barrie, personal communication, 2009) on the top with finer dark sand that has exceptionally high concentrations of heavy minerals on the slopes of the banks (roughly 110–140 m depth) [ Barrie , 1991]. These sands are rich in Fe and are easily suspended by winter storm waves and local tidal currents [ Barrie et al , 1988].…”