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Author : Fassnacht, S.R.
Date : 1997
Title : A multi-channel suspended sediment transport model for the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories.
Publication : Journal of Hydrology
Issue : 197(1-4):
Page(s) : 128-145
Abstract
To model the suspended sediment transport through the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada, a one-dimensional multi-channel suspended sediment model (FOSH-MC) has been developed. The model links an established network flow model that has been successfully applied to the Mackenzie Delta with an existing suspended sediment model. Sediment travel times along channels, that are useful to establish suspended sediment sampling schedules, are estimated as a model output product. The sediment output also includes total loads at each network node and reaches suspended sediment concentrations. The model can route both cohesive and non-cohesive suspended sediment. This research is a first attempt to dynamically model sediment transport through the Mackenzie Delta. All previous efforts have examined long-term fluxes. The FOSH-MC model has the potential to trace the pathways of contaminants through the Mackenzie Delta. The model also has the potential to be applied to other multi-channel networks that primarily carry suspended sediment.
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