Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
6-20-2017
Year of Publication
2017
Degree Name
Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Engineering
Department/School/Program
Civil Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. James Fox
Abstract
The (dis)connectivity of sediment, defined as the detachment and transport of sediment from source to sink between geomorphic zones, is a major control on sediment transport rates but has seldom taken precedence in sediment transport models that focus on assessment of sediment impacts on water supply. A watershed-scale sediment transport model was formulated that incorporates sediment (dis)connectivity knowledge and subroutines and predicts sediment flux through coupling with an excessive shear stress erosion equation. The intersecting probabilities of sediment supply, detachment, transport, and (dis)connectivity produce the probability of sediment connectivity for a watershed or region of a watershed. The integration of the net watershed probability of sediment connectivity yields an estimate of the active watershed area in terms of sediment transport when multiplied times the entire watershed area. The sediment transport model was tested for a bedrock controlled catchment in the Southeastern United States for which extensive historic water and sediment flux data was available. It is expected that the model presented here can be used as a tool to assess the regional impacts of natural and anthropogenic sources of (dis)connectivity on sedimentation rates that lead to problems such as reservoir sedimentation and water quality degradation.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2017.307
Recommended Citation
Mahoney, David Tyler, "SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELLING USING DYNAMIC (DIS)CONNECTIVITY PREDICTION FOR A BEDROCK CONTROLLED CATCHMENT" (2017). Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering. 55.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ce_etds/55
