Date of Award:
5-1971
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department name when degree awarded
Civil Engineering
Committee Chair(s)
D. B. Porcella
Committee
D. B. Porcella
Committee
E. J. Middlebrooks
Committee
E. J. Middlebrooks
Committee
J. J. Jurinak
Abstract
The distribution of phosphorus in the sediment of Hyrum Reservoir was studied by collecting and analyzing 84 sediment samples for total, inorganic, organic, and water-soluble phosphorus.
Sample locations were mapped by triangulation and sediment phosphorus distribution maps were made. Sediment analysis showed average total phosphorus content of 755 micrograms per gram, with organic phosphorus composing approximately 97 percent of total phosphorus.
Sediment samples showed variability in phosphorus content which precluded identification of point sources of phosphorus input to the reservoir. Several areas of comparatively higher phosphorus content in the sediments were shown with isopleth maps.
An estimate of the extent of sedimentation at each sample site was made. Sediment phosphorus content showed no significant correlation with reservoir sedimentation as determined in this study.
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Recommended Citation
Schmalz, Kirk L., "Phosphorus Distribution in the Bottom Sediments of Hyrum Reservoir" (1971). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2986.
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