MixZon Inc FAQ
| Q: | Does the CORMIX model output provide the thickness of sediment deposit on the ambient floor/bed, when modeling dense sediment discharges using? |
| A: | Currently CORMIX predicts the water column concentrations of suspended sediment within the plume along its trajectory.
The thickness of the deposit is a function of accretion rate and duration. Bottom accretion rate and distribution can be determined by the mass conservation of sediment that leaves the water column. One can compute the deposition thickness assuming a duration, the model output and using a spreadsheet program like Excel. Thus, the current version of CORMIX does not DIRECTLY compute thickness of the bottom deposit. We hope to include this capability in future releases. |