Effects of Precipitation Events on the Movement of the Lateral Mixing Zone of the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna River At the Shady Nook Site

Effects of Precipitation Events on the Movement of the Lateral Mixing Zone of the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna River At the Shady Nook Site

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

The North and West branches of the Susquehanna River converge at Sunbury, PA to create a Lateral Mixing Zone (LMZ) that extends all the way downstream to Selinsgrove, after which islands help to facilitate mixing. In this study, the movement of the LMZ wa