Influence of the Wave Spectrum Form on the Bottom Sediment
Dynamics

B. V. Divinsky^a, R. D. Kos’yan^a, and J. Gruene^b

^a Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (Southern Branch), Russian Academy of Sciences,
Gelendzhik, Golubaya Bukhta, 353470 Russia

^b Coastal Research Center, Hannover, D-30419 Germany
e-mail: gruene@fzk.uni-hannover.de

Received November 8, 2012; in final form, February 22, 2013

Abstract—This paper is dedicated to the investigation of the influence of the irregular wave spectrum form on
the regularities of the bottom suspension and formation of the bottom topographic microforms (ripples). It is
shown that the vertical profile of the suspended matter concentration and the possible partial deformation of the
bottom ripples are related to the peculiarities of the frequency distribution of the energy in the wave spectrum
(at the constant energy of the process).

DOI: 10.1134/S0001437014020052

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