Dynamic Sediment Environments
- Contaminants typically strongly associated with solids
- Especially fine particulate fraction
- Erosive characteristics difficult to define due to cohesiveness, spatial variability
- Contaminant dynamics often defined by sediment dynamics
- Historical sediment contamination often associated with stable deposits
- Sediments may still be subject to erosional events
- Due to changes in hydraulics
- Due to sediment changes affecting equilibrium surface
- Due to storm events