| Description |
HISTORICAL OVERVIEWThis Applied Sediment Transport Project evolved from the Coastal Watersheds Project in 2009. Although this Sediment Transport and Applications Project is new, 5 tasks are continuing from the old project (Cabled seafloor observatory, research funded by Office of Naval Research Ripples DRI, Digital grain size, Grand Canyon, and Source-to-sink); a sixth project (Columbia River) was transferred to this project from Puget Sound Project. Because the Basis+ system does not permit transferring old tasks to a new project, this project write-up was created using the information in the old project. Eight other tasks were completed in previous years, but the Basis+ system refused to delete them; as an alternative, they were re-numbered beginning with number 991.GOALSThis project has 3 goals:(1) Study transport of sediment from rivers to estuarine and marine settings. Investigate and develop theory and models that improve predictions of sediment resuspension and transport.(2) Use dams, artificial floods, dredging operations, and other human activities to conduct large-scale sediment transport experiments to learn how to predict sediment transport more accurately at the interface between rivers, estuaries, and marine settings.(3) Conduct research and advise managers on specific watershed issues related to human activities such as impact of dams or dam removal on downstream river, estuarine, and marine environments and habitats.(4) Conduct field and lab experiments to understand the origin and structure of sediment deposits produced by flows with high concentrations of sediment. |
