Modelling seabed sediment physical properties and organic matter content in the Firth of Clyde

Pace, Matthew C.; Bailey, David M.; Donnan, David W.; Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E.; Smith, Hazel J.; Speirs, Douglas C.; Turrell, William R.; Heath, Michael R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5847-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5847-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5847-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

Data description paper

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21 Dec 2021

Data description paper |

| 21 Dec 2021

Modelling seabed sediment physical properties and organic matter content in the Firth of Clyde

Matthew C. Pace, David M. Bailey, David W. Donnan, Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy, Hazel J. Smith, Douglas C. Speirs, William R. Turrell, and Michael R. Heath

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High resolution seabed sedimentology data for the Firth of Clyde M. Heath and M. Pace https://doi.org/10.15129/2003faa2-ee93-4c11-bb16-48485f5f136d

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We present synthetic maps of continuous properties of seabed sediments in the Firth of Clyde, SW Scotland. The data include proportions of mud, sand, and gravel fractions; whole-sediment median grain size; permeability; porosity; organic carbon and nitrogen content; and rates of natural disturbance by tidal currents. We show that the firth stores 3.42 and 0.33 million tonnes of organic carbon and nitrogen, respectively, in the upper 10 cm of sediment.