Sediment Flux Modeling
Environmental Science and Technology: A Wiley-Interscience Series of Texts and Monographs
1. Edition January 2001
656 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Sediments are sources or "sinks" of chemicals in a body of water. The sediments contain chemicals such as nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, silica), oxygen, or toxic heavy metals, such as cadium. The purpose of this book is to present models for estimating and predicting sediment fluxes that make quantitative predictions given the input of particular matter to the sediment and the conditions in the overlying water.
Presents mathematical models for estimating and predicting sediment fluxes.
* Models provide sufficient detail and data to enable scientists in the field to reproduce the computations and use the models for understanding their own data.
* Provides computations directly applicable to developing modern water quality models.
* All models have been calibrated and verified using three large data sets.
Acknowledgments.
PRELIMINARIES.
Properties of Sediments.
Model Formulation.
NUTRIENTS.
Ammonia.
Nitrate.
Steady State Model.
Phosphorus.
Silica.
OXYGEN.
Oxygen Equivalents.
Sulfide.
Methane.
Sulfide and Methane.
TIME VARIABLE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION.
Diagenesis.
Mass Transport and Numerical Methods.
MODEL CALIBRATION AND APPLICATIONS.
Chesapeake Bay.
MERL, Long Island Sound, and Lake Champlain.
Steady State and Time Variable Behavior.
METALS.
Calcium and Alkalinity.
Manganese I: Sediment Flux.
Manganese II: Overlying Water-Sediment Interaction.
Iron Flux Model.
Cadmium and Iron.
Appendix A: Data Tables.
Appendix B: Computer Program.
Nomenclature.
Bibliography.
Index.
"...the definitive text on the subject and deserves a place in any respectable environmental library." (SETAC Globe, Vol. 2, No. 5, September/October 2001)
"...an important addition to the literature...a comprehensive treatise of sediment flux models." (Soil Science, Vol. 168, No. 1, January 2003)