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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2011 | Volume: 11 | Issue: 8 | Page No.: 1465-1468
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.1465.1468
The Best-Fit Model to Predict Spatial Sedimentation Rates at Loagan Bunut Lake, Miri, Sarawak
R. B. Dagang, S. Lau and A. K. Sayok

Abstract: Physical laws are fundamental to natural systems across many fields in environmental science. For example, a study of fluid dynamics can be used to describe the dispersion of water pollutants. In this study, the best-fit model was produced to predict spatial sedimentation rates at Loagan Bunut Lake. The lake is a flood plain lake that is located within the boundaries of Loagan Bunut National Park in the northeast part of the state of Sarawak. Twenty-two cylindrical traps were installed at the lake. The traps were placed in November 2005 until April 2008. Each sample was collected after about four to five months of deployment. A dry sedimentation rates and linear distances from Trap 1 located at the confluence of Bunut River were measured. Based on strong coefficient of determinant, the best-fit model of sedimentation rates distributed by advective force at the distance 0-600 m from Bunut River was S = So e-kx or S = So e Rx/ws. Reynold ’s theorem of mass flux was used to explain coefficient k in the equation.

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R. B. Dagang, S. Lau and A. K. Sayok, 2011. The Best-Fit Model to Predict Spatial Sedimentation Rates at Loagan Bunut Lake, Miri, Sarawak. Journal of Applied Sciences, 11: 1465-1468.

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