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Author : Fassnacht, S.R,
Date : 1995
Title : A multi-channel suspended sediment transport model for the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories
Publication : Unpublished M.Sc. thesis. University of Waterloo, Waterloo
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Abstract
A one-dimensional multi-channel suspended sediment model, 1DSUSSED, that is capable of routing Mackenzie and Peel River sediment through the delta to the Beaufort Sea has been developed. The model consists of four linked components: discharge, flow data extraction, hydraulic data assembly, and sediment routing. The discharge component uses the ONE-D flow model to simulate flow and water level throughout the delta. The data extraction and assembly components use the hydraulic data to generate the sediment model input. The sediment component routes the suspended sediment through each reach using the RIVFLOC sediment model, while splitting and combining sediment loads at reach bifurcations and confluences. The 1DSUSSED model uses a source/sink rate coefficient to model the physical transport of washload through nodes. The outputs of IDSUSSED are suspended sediment concentrations at the downstream end of each reach, mean daily suspended load at each node, and sediment travel times throughout a multi-channel network.
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