Maarten van Ormondt
Curt D. Storlazzi
Katherine Presto
Pieter K. Tonnon
Julie D. Rosati
Ping Wang
Tiffany M. Roberts
Katherine Cronin
2011
<div data-canvas-width="262.2958768363543">Current regulations in California prohibit the disposal of more than 20% fine-grained sediment in the coastal zone; this threshold is currently being investigated to determine if this environmental regulation can be improved upon. A field monitoring and numerical modeling experiment took place late 2 009 to determine the fate of fine-grained dredge disposal material from Santa Cruz Harbor, California, U.S.A. A multi-nested, hydrodynamic-sediment transport modeling approach was used to simulate the direction and dispersal of the dredge plume. Result s show that the direction and dispersal of the plume was influenced by the wave climate, a large proportion of which moved in a easterly direction during wave events. Therefore it is vitally important to accurately simulate the tides, waves, currents, temperature and salinity when modeling the dispersal of the fine-grained dredge plume. </div>
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Nearshore disposal of fine-grained sediment in a high-energy environment: Santa Cruz Harbor case study
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