Transport and deposition of sediment and biogenic particles along and across continental margins

In this project, we are interested in the transport of sediment and biogenic particles by oceanographic processes along and across continental margins, their deposition on the shelves and slopes, and the interaction between biogeochemical cycles and sediment properties.

A multidisciplinary approach combining the analysis of measurements from oceanographic processes in the water column, geophysical and sedimentological properties of the seafloor and biogeochemical cycling and activity at the water-sediment interface will allow to further advance the quantification of fluxes of carbon and other elements from the coast to the deep ocean. To do so, measurements will be acquired during research cruises of the Excellence Cluster on the continental margin offshore NW Ireland and complemented by numerical modelling. A specific focus of the project will be to study the interaction between sediment dynamics and biochemical processes in bedform fields.