Residence times of contaminants in a lake-canal system: a delta case study in the SW Netherlands

As final part of the Delta Works in the SW Netherlands, the interior part of the tidal Eastern Scheldt will be enclosed by dams and flushed with contaminated Rhine-Meuse water. The new name of this area will be Lake Zoom (Zoommeer). Since the flushing of Lake Zoom will be a regular process, this sys...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Marine chemistry 1986, Vol.18 (2), p.171-188
Main Authors: Van De Vrie, E.M., Duursma, E.K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics
Exact sciences and technology
Freshwater
Geochemistry
Mineralogy
Silicates
Water geochemistry
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:As final part of the Delta Works in the SW Netherlands, the interior part of the tidal Eastern Scheldt will be enclosed by dams and flushed with contaminated Rhine-Meuse water. The new name of this area will be Lake Zoom (Zoommeer). Since the flushing of Lake Zoom will be a regular process, this system offers an excellent opportunity to study the residence times of various contaminants over a lake-canal system of 35 km. The in situ measurements will be linked to mathematical model studies. A number of models describing transport with water, settling, sedimentation and migration in the bottom is investigated. Explicit definitions of residence and adaptation times are given and applied to the studied models. As an example, a hypothetical application is made to the Lake Zoom case.
ISSN:0304-4203
1872-7581
DOI:10.1016/0304-4203(86)90006-X