Sediment Diagenesis Visualization

When the full sediment diagenesis sub-model is activated, then EE allows you to visualize the concentrations and resulting nutrient fluxes. If you apply a constant or temporally varying fluxes method, then you can view the sediment flux zones and sediment flux rates.

To display the Sediment Diagenesis in the 2DH View, open a new 2DH View from the 2DH View menu or the 2DH View button from the main toolbar of EE main form.  Then click the Add New Model Layer from the Layer Control (Figure 1). In the 2DH View Option, the primary group is selected as Sediment Diagenesis. The parameter list of the full sediment diagenesis method is shown in Table 1 and the sediment diagenesis parameters of the constant or temporally varying method are presented in Table 2.

Figure 2 illustrates the sediment diagenesis parameter of particular organic carbon in the 2DH View.


Figure 1. Add a Sediment Diagenesis layer to the 2DH View.

Table 1. List of full sediment diagenesis parameters

AbbreviationParameter Name

Part.Org.Nitrogen

Particular Organic Nitrogen

Part.Org.Phosphorus

Particular Organic Phosphorus

Part.Org.Carbon

Particular Organic Carbon

PON Sediment Flux

PON Flux between Sediment-Water

POP Sediment Flux

POP Flux between Sediment-Water

POC Sediment Flux

POC Flux between Sediment-Water

NH4-N

Concentration of Ammonium

NO3-N

Concentration of Nitrogen

PO4-P

Concentration of Phosphorus

H2S

Concentration of Hydrogen Sulfide

Dissolved Silica

Concentration of Dissolved Silica

Part.Silica

Particular Silica

Accumulated Benthic Stress

Accumulated Benthic Stress

Sediment Temperature

Sediment Temperature

O2

Concentration of Oxygen

Ammonium Flux

Ammonium Flux between Sediment-Water 

Nitrate Flux

Nitrate Flux between Sediment-Water

O2 Sediment Flux

Oxygen Sediment Flux between Sediment-Water

COD Flux

Chemical Oxygen Demand Flux

PO4 Flux

Phosphate Flux between Sediment-Water

Silica Flux

Silica Flux between Sediment-Water

SD Zone

Sediment Diagenesis Zone

Table 2. Parameter list of a constant or temporally varying fluxes method

AbbreviationParameter Name
SF O2Sediment Fluxes Rate Oxygen
SF CODSediment Fluxes Rate Chemical Oxygen Demand
SF SADSediment Fluxes Rate of Dissolved Available Silica 
SF NO3Sediment Fluxes Rate Nitrate
SF NH4Sediment Fluxes Rate Ammonium
SF PO4Sediment Fluxes Rate Phosphate
SF Zone: Mud

Mud Zone

SF Zone: SandSand Zone
SF Percent MudPercent Mud

Figure 2. Sediment Diagenesis: Part.Org.Carbon layer in 2DH View.


To view the time series of sediment diagenesis parameters is the same as the one described in the Salinity Visualization.

Figure 3 shows an example of the time series of the PON Sediment Flux from a selected grid cell.

Figure 3. Time Series of Sediment Diagenesis: PON Sediment Flux.