Acquisition of an acoustic doppler current profiler and gauging station to study processes and deposits associated with the evolution of gravel point bars, Mad River, Ohio

0739847 Zaleha该补助金支持购置声学多普勒海流剖面仪（ADCP）和河流水位测量系统，用于区域水动力研究，重点研究俄亥俄州马德河的砾石点坝迁移。 PI将让维滕贝格大学的本科生参与当地的实地研究，以了解沉积记录中砾石河床沉积物的形成，这些沉积物是全球重要的含水层和油气藏。 了解河流中的泥沙输运对土木工程界的桥梁和大坝设计也很重要。 让学生接触现代水力学方法是对地球科学和工程未来就业机会的良好培训。*

0739847ZalehaThis grant supports acquisition of an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) and a river stage gauging system for regional hydrodynamic research with a focus on the study of gravel point bar migration in the Mad River, Ohio. The PI will engage undergraduate students at Wittenberg University in local field research with implications for understanding the formation of gravel river bed deposits in the sedimentary record, deposits that are important aquifer and hydrocarbon reservoirs worldwide. Understanding sediment transport in rivers is also of importance to the civil engineering community for bridge and dam design. Exposing students to modern methods in hydraulics is excellent training for future job opportunities in the geosciences and engineering.***