Characteristic of Sediment Verticaly on Abrasion Beach in Rupat Strait Riau Province

Rochman, Fatchur
Rifardi, Rifardi
Ghalib, Musrifin

Jurnal Perikanan dan Kelautan
Vol 23, No 2 (2018)

The research has been investigated on November 2017 which located on Rupat Strait, Riau Province. The purpose of this research to conducted character alteration vertically on sediment. 2 sampling point was tooken using 120 cm pipe. Were the result show that sediment dominated by mud. Based on shepard triangle there is 3 kind of sediment which is sandy mud, muddy sand and mud. The mean size (Mz) result for station I and II around 2,97-6,13∅ and contains 4 fraction sediment : medium silt which mean size (Mz) 5,03-6,00, corse silt which mean size (Mz) 4,07-5,00∅, fine sand which mean size (Mz) 2,97∅, and fine silt which mean size (Mz) 6,03-6,13∅.