Download or read book Sediment Flux Model for Manganese and Iron written by Dominic DiToro and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iron and manganese were installed as state variables in a previously developed sediment diagenesis model. The comprehensive model now incorporates nutrients, oxygen and sulfide, and iron and manganese. The model was initially calibrated using long-term mesocosm data The mesocosms contained water and sediments removed from Narragansett Sound, an estuarine environment Validation of the model was conducted using in situ data from two freshwater systems, Onondaga Lake and Croton Reservoir.