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Author : Brassard, P.; and Morris, W.
Date : 1997
Title : Resuspension and redistribution of sediments in Hamilton Harbour.
Publication : Journal of Great Lakes Research
Issue : 23(1):
Page(s) : 74-85
Abstract
The size distribution of sediments in Hamilton Harbour is a result of natural and human processes. The objective is to predict the behaviour of sediment particles in the harbour, assuming wind driven resuspension to be the major natural factor controlling grain size distributions. Known local disturbances associated with human activity in the harbour could e predicted by mapping the differences between sediment distribution and actual core data from surficial sediments. A large part of the sediment in the deeper part of the harbour however contained more silt and clays than predicted. It is assumed this excess was caused by a uniform disturbance equivalent to a 4.8 cm/sec bottom current and results from the combination of small bottom currents and other transfers of energy from the mixed layer. Historical records show that this situation existed long before the industrial period.
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