Newark Bay Study - Passaic River Public Digital Library

CONTENTS
Section Page
1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................. 1-1
1.1 OVERVIEW OF ISSUES RELATED TO NEWARK BAY.............................................. 1-1
1.2 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE NEWARK BAY MODELING STUDY.... 1-4
1.3 GENERAL BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION OF SITE...................................... 1-6
1.4 REVIEW OF PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN NEWARK BAY................... 1-7
1.4.1 Hydrodynamic Transport in Newark Bay.................................................................... 1-7
1.4.2 Sediment Transport in Newark Bay............................................................................ 1-11
1.4.2.1 A Macro-Scale Solids Balance for Newark Bay .......................................... 1-13
1.4.2.2 Detailed Sedimentation Rate Data for Newark Bay................................... 1-16
1.4.3 Chemical Fate and Transport in Newark Bay ........................................................... 1-18
1.4.3.1 Chemicals of Potential Concern (COPCs)................................................... 1-18
1.4.3.2 Data Evaluation: Sediments........................................................................... 1-21
1.4.3.3 Chemical Fate and Transport Model Considerations ................................ 1-47
1.4.4 Organic Carbon Production Model............................................................................ 1-49
1.4.5 Bioaccumulation Model................................................................................................ 1-50
1.5 MODEL REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................. 1-50
1.6 CONCEPTUAL SITE MODEL (CSM) ................................................................................ 1-51
2 MODELING COMPONENTS........................................................................................................ 2-1
2.1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 HYDRODYNAMICS ................................................................................................................. 2-1
2.3 SEDIMENT TRANSPORT....................................................................................................... 2-2
2.4 SEDIMENT TRANSPORT- ORGANIC CARBON PRODUCTION ............................ 2-2
2.5 CONTAMINANT FATE AND TRANSPORT.................................................................... 2-2
2.6 BIOACCUMULATION............................................................................................................. 2-3
3 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................... 3-1
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