Sediment Flux Modeling

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.Sedimente in Gewässern enthalten eine Vielzahl chemischer Verbindungen, unter anderem Nährstoffe, Sauerstoff und toxische Schwermetalle wie Cadmium. In diesem Band werden mathematische Methoden zur quantitativen Vorhersage des Flusses solcher Chemikalien vorgestellt. Als Eingangsparameter sind nur die Menge der betreffenden Verbindung und die Zustandsgrößen des umgebenden Wassers erforderlich. Die Algorithmen eignen sich hervorragend zur Einbindung in moderne Modelle der Wasserqualität. (04/00) Preface.

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. "Addresses the problem of mathematically modeling the processes in sediments that determine the extent to which materials that settle to the sediment are recycled to the water column." (SciTech Book News Vol. 25, No. 2 June 2001)

"...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)

Dominic M. DiToro is the author of Sediment Flux Modeling, published by Wiley.