TY - JOUR
T1 - Study of sediment dynamics in the Jordan River-Lake Kinneret contact zone using tracer methods
AU - Shteinman, Boris
AU - Wynne, David
AU - Kamenir, Yury
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Sedimentation processes in the Jordan River-Lake Kinneret contact zone were studied using radioactive, magnetic and fluorescent tracers (RT, MT, FT, respectively). The natural RT method is based on the differences in natural radioactivity of river and lake sediments with different mineral composition. The natural MT method uses the magnetic properties of natural sediments. The FT method uses fluorescently tagged sediment particles placed on the bottom. Field measurements in the Jordan River mouth zone have shown that practically all the sediment (75%) brought by the river is deposited along a 100 m path from the river mouth. The sedimentation rate, measured using tracer methods, agrees well with rates obtained from a theoretical model that describes changes in concentration of suspended particulate matter along the jet flow in the river mouth.
AB - Sedimentation processes in the Jordan River-Lake Kinneret contact zone were studied using radioactive, magnetic and fluorescent tracers (RT, MT, FT, respectively). The natural RT method is based on the differences in natural radioactivity of river and lake sediments with different mineral composition. The natural MT method uses the magnetic properties of natural sediments. The FT method uses fluorescently tagged sediment particles placed on the bottom. Field measurements in the Jordan River mouth zone have shown that practically all the sediment (75%) brought by the river is deposited along a 100 m path from the river mouth. The sedimentation rate, measured using tracer methods, agrees well with rates obtained from a theoretical model that describes changes in concentration of suspended particulate matter along the jet flow in the river mouth.
KW - Alluvial sedimentation processes
KW - Jordan River mouth
KW - Tracer methods
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AN - SCOPUS:0033281824
SN - 0144-7815
SP - 275
EP - 284
JO - IAHS-AISH Publication
JF - IAHS-AISH Publication
IS - 261
ER -