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The Use of Sediment Modelling Techniques to Address the Differing Needs of Management on the River Eden, Cumbria, UK
Author(s) -
Walker J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2001.tb00350.x
Subject(s) - weir , sediment , hydrology (agriculture) , flood myth , river morphology , sediment transport , environmental science , river management , work (physics) , geology , engineering , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology , geography , environmental resource management , cartography , archaeology , mechanical engineering
Sediment modelling techniques are applied to the River Eden at Great Musgrave (in Cumbria) utilising (for the first time) the software ISIS‐Sediment for UK gravel‐bed rivers. This work was undertaken in an attempt to determine any potential adverse geomorphological impacts which may result from the development of a weir for flood‐warning purposes. The modelling exercise found that the development of the weir was unlikely to significantly affect sediment transport, and therefore would not impact upon the morphological characteristics of the river bed in the vicinity of the weir. Site investigation, subsequent to the construction of the weir, confirmed that the findings of the modelling exercise were fundamentally correct.