SUMMARY: Turbidity, CTD, and temperature and shear microstructure data recorded along a 25 km transect from 8 to 69 m depth across the Ebro Delta shelf (northwestern Mediterranean) are presented. The water column was stratified and prior to the campaign the regional southwest flow was measured to have superimposed diurnal and sub-inertial components. The bottom boundary layer (BBL) at all stations deeper than 20 m has a vertical extension of 3 to 9 m, increasing to 12 m at the deeper stations and even to 14 m at a station at 45 m depth outside the studied transect. The law of the wall was identified at almost all stations with an extension ranging from 40% to 100% of that of the BBL. At some stations high dissipation rates were found in the interior of the bottom layer. The study shows the correspondence between the turbidity contents and the local mixing processes at the BBL and suggests that sub-critical reflection of internal waves could play an important role in boundary mixing. Our data also suggest that during the campaign, after two consecutive short episodes of high winds, the first baroclinic mode shifted to the second one.Keywords: bottom boundary layer, nepheloid layer, inner shelf, turbulence, turbidity, internal waves, mixing. RESUMEN: Dinámica De mezcla en la plataforma continental Del ebro. -Se presentan datos de turbidez, CTD y microestructura (temperatura y cizalla) a lo largo de un transecto a través de la plataforma continental del Delta del Ebro, desde 8 a 69 m de profundidad, en la parte noroeste del mar Mediterráneo. La columna de agua estaba estratificada e inmediatamente antes de la campaña la corriente cerca del fondo presentaba periodicidades diarias y sub-inerciales. La extensión vertical de la capa de fondo (BBL) en las estaciones más profundas de 20 m varía entre 3 y 9 metros, pero alcanza los 12 m en la estación más profunda y es de 14 m en otra estación situada a 45 m de profundidad no incluida en el transecto. Se ha detectado la existencia de la ley de la pared en casi todas las estaciones, ocupando una extensión entre el 40% y el 100% de la BBL. En algunas estaciones la disipación aumenta en el interior de la BBL. Los datos muestran la correspondencia en la BBL entre la distribución de turbidez y los procesos físicos de mezcla locales y sugieren que la reflexión cuasi crítica de las ondas internas podría jugar un papel importante en la mezcla en el fondo. Nuestros datos tanbien sugieren que durante la campaña y después de dos cortos episodios de viento fuerte, la estructura baroclínia cambió de un primer a un segundo modo.Palabras clave: capa de fondo, capa nefeloide, plataforma continental, turbulencia, turbidez, ondas internas, mezcla.
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