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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1234

Application of a Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Model for Guidance of Response Efforts Related to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Along the Coast of Alabama and Florida

Title Page | Contents | List of Figures | List of Tables | Conversion Factors | Abbreviations | Executive Summary | Introduction | Methods | Results | Digital Data Files | Discussion | Summary and Conclusions | References Cited | Appendix 1. Scenarios | Appendix 2. Example Model Input Files | Appendix 3. Calculations of Mobility and Potential Flux | Appendix 4. File Naming Conventions | Appendix 5. Time Step of Maximum Ebb and Flood for Inlets in the Model Domain


Critical Stress (Pa)
Class Size (cm) Density (kg/m3) High Medium Low
sand 0.03 2650 0.20 n/a n/a
SRB1 0.03 2107 0.15 0.06 0.03
SRB2 0.5 2107 2.56 1.06 0.53
SRB3 1 2107 5.80 2.12 1.06
SRB4 2.5 2107 14.70 5.29 2.65
SRB5 5 2107 29.26 10.58 5.29
SRB6 10 2107 58.36 21.27 10.58

Table 1. Classes of surface residual ball size and density considered in mobility, potential flux analysis, and critical stress in the northern Gulf of Mexico alongshore Alabama and Florida.

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