Sediment Transport

Karen Williams
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Montana State University
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Summary

Use locally collected data to calculate hydrologic and hydraulic parameters. Apply to a real world problem.

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Context

Audience

grad course in fluvial

Skills and concepts that students must have mastered

basic math, basic open channel flow and sediment transport concepts

How the activity is situated in the course

stand alone exercise

Goals

Content/concepts goals for this activity

Learn how to interpret sediment transport data; apply basic fluvial equations to a real world problem

Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity

analysis of data; use of xs calculator s/w

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Description of the activity/assignment

Each student reviews a recent USGS publication detailing sediment transport data collection and reduction on the Yellowstone River. Using that report, they answer a series of questions about sediment transport and make some basic hydrologic and hydraulic calculations using data in the report. They also use USGS software to analyze cross-sections on the Yellowstone in a real world application.
Designed for a geomorphology course

Determining whether students have met the goals

Evaluate numeric answers, as well as analytic steps to arrive at answers.

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