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Title

Dominant factors influencing overall temporal sedimentation rates at Loagan Bunut Lake, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia

Author(s)

Dagang, R. B.;  Lau, S.;  Sayok, A. K.

Abstract

This paper is to predict dominant factors influencing temporal sedimentation rates at Loagan Bunut Lake using best-fit model of sedimentation rate and distance from Bunut River. The lake is a flood plain lake located in Sarawak, Malaysia. Twenty two cylindrical traps were installed at the lake from November 2005 until April 2008. Each sample was collected after about four to five months of deployment. Dry sedimentation rates from the traps and the linear distances from Trap 1 located at the confluence of Bunut River were measured. The factors that influence the temporal sedimentation at the lake were both internal and external physical changes of the lake. The factors were net ws (net Stoke's settling velocity) and water volume in the lake for suspended sediment distribution.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Sarawak Campus

Source

Advanced Materials Research: Progress in Environmental Science and Engineering: selected papers from the 2011 International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (ICEESD 2011), Shanghai, China, 21-23 October 2011 / Hexing Li, Qunjie Xu and Daquan Zhang (eds.), Vol. 356-360, pp. 2406-2415

Publication year

2012

FOR Code(s)

0912 Materials Engineering

Keyword(s)

Cylindrical traps;  Environmental physics;  Loagan Bunut Lake;  Malaysia;  Sedimentation rate

Publisher

Trans Tech Publications

ISSN

1022-6680 (series ISSN)

ISBN

9783037852675, 3037852674

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.356-360.2406

Copyright

Copyright © (2012) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.

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