Surficial sediment distribution and net sediment transport pattern in İzmir Bay, western Turkey

Distribution of clay minerals in surface sediments of the Aegean Sea: a compilation

“…Thus, highest concentrations of chlorite are found off the Bü yü k Menderes River, which drains the metamorphic Menderes Massif. The high smectite concentrations at the river mouths (Aksu et al 1995) and in the protected Izmir Bay (Duman et al 2004; site III.17 in Fig. 2) indicate local sources in Turkey rather than delivery by ocean currents flowing from the Levantine Basin into the Aegean Sea (Fig.…”

“…The clay mineral assemblage reflects the composition of the suspension load of the rivers Bü yü k Menderes, Kü cü k Menderes, Gediz and Bakircay (Aksu et al 1995;Duman et al 2004). They drain an area that is characterized by abundant metamorphic rocks and Neogene sedimentary successions that are predestined to provide illite and chlorite.…”

Effects of Wastewater Treatment Plant on Water Column and Sediment Quality in Izmir Bay (Eastearn Aegean Sea)

“…Prevailing wind direction in inner part of Izmir Bay was noted as Western and it has been reported that deep flow was toward to East and surface flow toward to West. Most of organic material remains in the silt near the pollution source and the correlation between grain size fractions and organic carbon was found to be highest in silt (Duman et al 2004). One sediment component, vermiculite was found in the inner part of Izmir Bay at a rate of 3-11% and its main source was from Melez River (near station 1).…”

“…On the other hand; carbon contents in the sediment samples of our study are considerably lower compared with the values obtained in a large scale previous research carried out by different regions around Aegean Sea. General sediment texture of Izmir Bay was studied by Duman et al (2004). Average sediment particle size was reported to be 4-8 ф and sediment texture to be sandy-silt.…”

Hydrodynamic process of Tibetan Plateau lake revealed by grain size: Case study of Pumayum Co

“…Mclaren et al [41] and Mclaren and Bowles [42] concluded that successive deposits along the transport path must either become more sorted, finer and more negatively skewed, or become more sorted, coarser and more positively skewed. Gao and Collins [43] modified this hypothesis and developed net sediment transport patterns-Grain Size Trend Analysis (GSTA), which has been applied in multiple marine environments [44][45][46][47][48][49].…”