Depositional processes in Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon

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dc.contributor.advisorSiesser, W Gen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFlemming, B Wen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-17T07:11:18Z
dc.date.available2016-03-17T07:11:18Z
dc.date.issued1977en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 147-161.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study deals with the physical aspects of sedimentation in Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon. On the basis of detailed textural investigations the depositional history of the study area has been established. The sediments in the bay and in the lagoon consist of a fine terrigenous quartz population and a coarser skeletal carbonate population, which have been mixed in various proportions. In order to gain size parameters that are more closely related to the hydraulic nature of depositional processes observed in the marine environment, grain size analyses were performed with an automatically recording settling tube system. The instrument was developed in the course of this study. Construction costs were kept extremely low without, however, impairing the scientific requirements of the instrument. Over 500 sediment samples were recovered on a closely-spaced grid; in each case, a size analysis was performed on the total sample and on the insoluble, terrigenous fraction. By subtracting the terrigenous size distribution from that of the total sediment, the relevant size parameters of the bioclastic component were calculated. In this manner 1500 individual size distributions were available for interpretation.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationFlemming, B. W. (1977). <i>Depositional processes in Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17874en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFlemming, B W. <i>"Depositional processes in Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences, 1977. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17874en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFlemming, B. 1977. Depositional processes in Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Flemming, B W AB - This study deals with the physical aspects of sedimentation in Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon. On the basis of detailed textural investigations the depositional history of the study area has been established. The sediments in the bay and in the lagoon consist of a fine terrigenous quartz population and a coarser skeletal carbonate population, which have been mixed in various proportions. In order to gain size parameters that are more closely related to the hydraulic nature of depositional processes observed in the marine environment, grain size analyses were performed with an automatically recording settling tube system. The instrument was developed in the course of this study. Construction costs were kept extremely low without, however, impairing the scientific requirements of the instrument. Over 500 sediment samples were recovered on a closely-spaced grid; in each case, a size analysis was performed on the total sample and on the insoluble, terrigenous fraction. By subtracting the terrigenous size distribution from that of the total sediment, the relevant size parameters of the bioclastic component were calculated. In this manner 1500 individual size distributions were available for interpretation. DA - 1977 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1977 T1 - Depositional processes in Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon TI - Depositional processes in Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17874 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17874
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFlemming BW. Depositional processes in Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences, 1977 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17874en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Geological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherGeological Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleDepositional processes in Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoonen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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