OBSERVATIONS OF THE TRANSPORT OF SUSPENDED MATTER INTO THE SKAGERRAK ALONG THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN COAST OF JUTLAND

The transport of fine suspended matter (SPM) at a number of stations a rranged along three sections along the northwestern coast of jutland i s investigated by means of repeated simultaneous observations of SPM a nd velocity with high horizontal and vertical resolution. The amount o f SPM transported into the Skagerrak with the inflowing water agrees w ell with earlier estimates of deposits in the area. Most of the SPM or iginates from the central and northern parts of the North Sea. Only ab out one fourth of the SPM entering the Skagerrak originates from the s outheastern North Sea. The observations indicate a settling of SPM thr ough the deep water which can account for the high deposition rates ob served in the eastern part of the Skagerrak.