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Development of a Guide to Lake and Reservoir Zone Determination

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dc.contributor.authorSaji, Niffyen
dc.contributor.committeechairGodrej, Adil N.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPost, Harold E. IIen
dc.contributor.committeememberGrizzard, Thomas J.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:33:00Zen
dc.date.adate2008-04-15en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:33:00Zen
dc.date.issued2008-03-17en
dc.date.rdate2011-01-03en
dc.date.sdate2008-03-31en
dc.description.abstractReservoirs are generally created by damming rivers. The upper reaches of any reservoir is generally narrow and winding like the parent river. This is the riverine zone of the reservoir. The reservoir is deepest and widest near the dam. Here, lake-like conditions exist and the water is quiescent. This is the lacustrine zone. The transitional zone separates the lacustrine and riverine zone. It has intermediate characteristics. There are many characteristics, both physical and chemical, that differentiate between these three zones. Based on the differences in characteristics between the three zones, a method has been developed to successfully divide any reservoir into three zones. The method developed was applied to Lake Manassas and the Occoquan Reservoir located in the Occoquan watershed in Virginia. Both are man-made impoundments. Analysis of data, based on the method developed, was successfully in dividing both reservoirs into the three zones. This method may therefore be successfully applied to obtain zonation in reservoirs.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03312008-215713en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03312008-215713/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31587en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartCopyright.Niffy.3.31.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartSaji-Niffy-Thesis-March-2008.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectZonationen
dc.subjectLake zonesen
dc.subjectReservoir zonesen
dc.subjectTransitional zoneen
dc.subjectRiverine zoneen
dc.subjectLacustrine zoneen
dc.titleDevelopment of a Guide to Lake and Reservoir Zone Determinationen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil and Environmental Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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