Spatial and Temporal Variability in Suspended Sediment Characteristics in the Surface Layer of the Upper Chesapeake Bay

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dc.contributor.advisorSanford, Lawrence Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorBarletta, Stephanie Marieen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMarine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-14T05:35:02Z
dc.date.available2020-07-14T05:35:02Z
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.description.abstractPeriodic high discharge events flush suspended sediments from the Susquehanna River and Conowingo Dam reservoir into the upper Chesapeake Bay, which extends from the mouth of the Susquehanna River to the Bay Bridge near Annapolis, MD. Sediment characteristics in the surface layer of the upper Bay and changes in these characteristics with varying river discharge and distance downstream are not well known. In order to develop an integrated understanding of surface layer sediment dynamics, several in-situ data sets were examined at the Bay head and downstream along the Bay’s center channel, providing data on the spatial and temporal variability of suspended particle characteristics including concentration, settling speed, bulk density, and size. It was found that particles are entirely disaggregated at the Dam, later aggregating to a limited extent down Bay, and that downstream characteristics are more weakly linked to Susquehanna flow at lower flows and longer distances.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/c6rt-gy5s
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/26312
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMarine geologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSedimentary geologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental geologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledChesapeakeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledparticleen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsettlingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsurfaceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsuspendeden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtransporten_US
dc.titleSpatial and Temporal Variability in Suspended Sediment Characteristics in the Surface Layer of the Upper Chesapeake Bayen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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