Determining Recovery Potential of Dredged Material for Beneficial Use - Site Characterization: Statistical Approach

Abstract

This technical note is the third in a series of three technical notes providing guidance on evaluating the potential for recovery of dredged material for beneficial use (BU), either as is or using physical separation (soil washing) to meet BU specifications. This technical note introduces statistical methods for developing a sampling plan and interpreting and extrapolating the resulting data. The first technical note (Olin-Estes and Palermo 2000b) introduces physical separation concepts and presents mathematical relationships for estimating material recovery potential (MRP). A prescriptive approach to estimating volumes meeting BU requirements based on available information, or information obtained from limited sampling, is outlined in the second technical note (Olin-Estes and Palermo 2000a).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA380936

Entities

People

  • Michael R. Palermo
  • Trudy J. Olin-estes

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Covariance
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Environmental Protection
  • Grain Size
  • Information Science
  • Particle Size
  • Probability
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Samples
  • Statistical Sampling
  • Statistics

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Regression Analysis.