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Badesab, Firoz Kadar; von Dobeneck, Tilo; Bryan, Karin R; Müller, Hendrik; Briggs, Roger M; Frederichs, Thomas; Kwoll, Eva (2012): An environmental magnetic study, sedimentological and numerical methods around Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807896, Supplement to: Badesab, FK et al. (2012): Formation of magnetite-enriched zones in and offshore of a mesotidal estuarine lagoon: An environmental magnetic study of Tauranga Harbour and Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13, https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GC004125

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Abstract:
Magnetic iron minerals are widespread and indicative sediment constituents in estuarine, coastal and shelf systems. We combine environmental magnetic, sedimentological and numerical methods to identify magnetite-enriched placer-like zones in a complex coastal system and delineate their formation mechanisms. Magnetic susceptibility and remanence measurements on 245 surficial sediment samples collected in and around Tauranga Harbour, the largest barrier-enclosed tidal estuary of New Zealand, reveal several discrete enrichment zones controlled by local hydrodynamic conditions. Active magnetite enrichment takes place in tidal channels, which feed into two coast-parallel nearshore magnetite-enriched belts centered at water depths of 6-10 m and 10-20 m. A close correlation between magnetite content and magnetic grain size was found, where higher susceptibility values are associated within coarser magnetic crystal sizes. Two key mechanisms for magnetite enrichment are identified. First, tide-induced residual currents primarily enable magnetite enrichment within the estuarine channel network. A coast-parallel, fine sand magnetite enrichment belt in water depths of less than 10 m along the barrier island has a strong decrease in magnetite content away from the southern tidal inlet and is apparently related to active coast-parallel transport combined with mobilizing surf zone processes. A second, less pronounced, but more uniform magnetite enrichment belt at 10-20 m water depth is composed of non-mobile, medium-coarse-grained relict sands, which have been reworked during post-glacial sea level transgression. We demonstrate the potential of magnetic methods to reveal and differentiate coastal magnetite enrichment patterns and investigate their formative mechanisms.
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Badesab, Firoz Kadar (2012): Magnetic mineral enrichment and transport in coastal environments: Tauranga Harbour, Northeastern, New Zealand. PhD Thesis, Elektronische Dissertationen an der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, Germany, 116 pp, urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00102927-10
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Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -37.534812 * Median Longitude: 176.100115 * South-bound Latitude: -37.664270 * West-bound Longitude: 175.955208 * North-bound Latitude: -37.397000 * East-bound Longitude: 176.248910
Comment:
Surface sediment samples (uppermost 1 - 5 cm) were collected.Project: INTERCOAST - Integrated Coastal Zone and Shelf Sea Research
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Badesab, FK; von Dobeneck, T; Bryan, KR et al. (2012): Environmental magnetic analyses along five cross-shore profiles. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807829
  2. Badesab, FK; von Dobeneck, T; Bryan, KR et al. (2012): (Figure 4a) Grain size distributions along the Waihi Beach profile. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807731
  3. Badesab, FK; von Dobeneck, T; Bryan, KR et al. (2012): (Figure 4b) Grain size distributions along the Northern Matakana profile. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807734
  4. Badesab, FK; von Dobeneck, T; Bryan, KR et al. (2012): (Figure 4c) Grain size distributions along the Central Matakana profile. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807721
  5. Badesab, FK; von Dobeneck, T; Bryan, KR et al. (2012): (Figure 4d) Grain size distributions along the Southern Matakana profile. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807727
  6. Badesab, FK; von Dobeneck, T; Bryan, KR et al. (2012): (Figure 4e) Grain size distributions along the Omanu Beach profile. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807724
  7. Badesab, FK; von Dobeneck, T; Bryan, KR et al. (2012): (Figure 6a) Computed wave parameters and critical velocities for two dominant grain sizes. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807895