Abstract
In this study the downward propagation of temperature waves through the sea floor has been examined. Sediment temperatures from an array of buried thermistors were recorded hourly for more than a year. The measurements were made in a coastal location where temperature changes in the overlying water due to surface heating, internal waves and tides, and upwelling reach to the sea floor. Thermal waves from these changes were found to travel through the sediment in approximately the manner predicted by a mathematical model. The model is based on a solution of Fourier's heat conduction equation.
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