Runoff event impacts on a water supply reservoir: Suspended sediment loading, turbid plume behavior, and sediment deposition

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1697-1710

  Effler, Steven W ^a   Matthews, David A ^a   Kaser, Josef W ^a   Prestigiacomo, Anthony R ^a   Smith, David G ^b  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Deposition; Interflow; Light scattering; Plunging inflow; Runoff and storm events; Sediment traps; Suspended solids; Turbidity; Underflow

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DEPOSITION; FLOW PATTERNS; LIGHT SCATTERING; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY; WATER SUPPLY;

INTERFLOW; PLUNGING INFLOW; STORM EVENTS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; UNDERFLOW;

RUNOFF;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DEPOSITION; FLOW PATTERNS; LIGHT SCATTERING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SCHOHARIE RESERVOIR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846453610     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb06030.x     Document Type: Article

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