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Experimental study of non-buoyant microplastic transport beneath breaking irregular waves on a live sediment bed
Marine Pollution Bulletin2022
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Bjarke Eltard Larsen,
Bjarke Eltard Larsen,
Nils B. Kerpen,
Koray Deniz Göral,
Koray Deniz Göral,
Koray Deniz Göral,
Koray Deniz Göral,
David R. Fuhrman
Koray Deniz Göral,
Koray Deniz Göral,
Koray Deniz Göral,
Nils B. Kerpen,
Hasan Gökhan Güler,
Torsten Schlurmann,
Hasan Gökhan Güler,
Bjarke Eltard Larsen,
Hasan Gökhan Güler,
Hasan Gökhan Güler,
Bjarke Eltard Larsen,
Bjarke Eltard Larsen,
Bjarke Eltard Larsen,
Hasan Gökhan Güler,
Bjarke Eltard Larsen,
Hasan Gökhan Güler,
Stefan Carstensen,
Stefan Carstensen,
Hasan Gökhan Güler,
Hasan Gökhan Güler,
Bjarke Eltard Larsen,
Hasan Gökhan Güler,
Torsten Schlurmann,
Torsten Schlurmann,
Oriol Quintana,
Stefan Carstensen,
Koray Deniz Göral,
Stefan Carstensen,
Stefan Carstensen,
Oriol Quintana,
Stefan Carstensen,
Stefan Carstensen,
Stefan Carstensen,
Stefan Carstensen,
Stefan Carstensen,
Erik Damgaard Christensen,
Stefan Carstensen,
Hasan Gökhan Güler,
Erik Damgaard Christensen,
Erik Damgaard Christensen,
Erik Damgaard Christensen,
Erik Damgaard Christensen,
Erik Damgaard Christensen,
Koray Deniz Göral,
Koray Deniz Göral,
Koray Deniz Göral,
Nils B. Kerpen,
Bjarke Eltard Larsen,
Bjarke Eltard Larsen,
Erik Damgaard Christensen,
Erik Damgaard Christensen,
Koray Deniz Göral,
Nils B. Kerpen,
Erik Damgaard Christensen,
Stefan Carstensen,
Torsten Schlurmann,
Stefan Carstensen,
Nils B. Kerpen,
Torsten Schlurmann,
Nils B. Kerpen,
Nils B. Kerpen,
Erik Damgaard Christensen,
Nils B. Kerpen,
Nils B. Kerpen,
David R. Fuhrman
Nils B. Kerpen,
Torsten Schlurmann,
Torsten Schlurmann,
Torsten Schlurmann,
Torsten Schlurmann,
Erik Damgaard Christensen,
David R. Fuhrman
David R. Fuhrman
David R. Fuhrman
David R. Fuhrman
David R. Fuhrman
David R. Fuhrman
David R. Fuhrman
David R. Fuhrman
Summary
Researchers conducted wave-flume experiments showing that non-buoyant microplastics are transported shoreward under breaking irregular waves, with their cross-shore distribution influenced by wave energy, particle density, and sediment bed dynamics.
Study Type
Environmental
This paper presents experimental results on the cross-shore distribution of non-buoyant microplastic particles under irregular waves propagating, shoaling and breaking on live sediment sloping beds. Eighteen microplastic particle groups having various shapes, densities, and sizes are tested. The experiments consider two initial bottom configurations corresponding to a (i) plane bed and (ii) pre-developed singly-barred profile (more representative of field conditions). Four different microplastic accumulation hotspots are identified: offshore of the breaker bar, at the breaker bar, the plateau region between the breaker bar and beach, and the beach. It is found that the accumulation patterns primarily fall within three different particle Dean number regimes. The importance of plunger-type breaking waves for both on and offshore transport of microplastic particles is highlighted.