Migrating subaqueous dunes capture clay flocs

Migrating subaqueous dunes capture clay flocs | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Migrating subaqueous dunes capture clay flocs Sjoukje de Lange, Anne van der Wilk, Claire Chassagne, Waqas Ali, and 4 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4848611/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 21 Nov, 2024 Read the published version in Communications Earth & Environment → Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Recent research highlights the abundance of floccule (flocs) in rivers, formed by the aggregation of clay particles with organic matter. These flocs affect the transport and eventual fate of clay. Flocs exhibit distinct behaviour from their unflocculated sedimentary counterparts: they can deform and break, and have higher settling velocities, which may in turn cause flocs to have the potential to deposit and possibly interact with the riverbed. Systematic experiments in a laboratory flume were conducted. Flocs showed a saltating (bouncing) behaviour, and were incorporated in the sediment bed as single flocs, clusters, or strings, via deposition and burial in the lee of a dune. The dune geometry was negligibly impacted by the presence of flocs. This study is the first to highlight interactions between flocs and bedforms. In natural systems, the burial of flocculated clay particles can affect contaminant spreading, aquatic ecology, the interpretation of deposition patterns, and clay transport. flocs bedforms dune migration saltation Full Text Additional Declarations There is NO Competing Interest. Supplementary Files deLangeetalSIflocsindunes.pdf Supplementary information for: "Migrating subaqueous dunes capture clay flocs" Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 21 Nov, 2024 Read the published version in Communications Earth & Environment → Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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