CONTENTS 



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CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 5 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 6 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II THE IDEALIZED MODEL 7 



III EVALUATION OF TERMS IN THE EQUATION 7 



1. Change in Water Level, z 7 



2. Height of the Responding Profile, Z 8 



3. Width of the Responding Profile, X 9 



4. Overfill Ratio, R^ 9 



IV EXAMPLE PROBLEMS 9 



V LIMITATIONS 12 



1. Interpretation of Results 12. 



2. Evaluation of Terms 12 



VI CONCLUSION 14 



LITERATURE CITED 15 



APPENDIX ESTIMATED DEPTH OF PROFILE CLOSURE 17 



FIGURES 



1 Sketch of profile measurements required to predict shore adjustment 



to a change in water level elevation 8 



2 Diagram for determining if a suspected error would weaken or 



strengthen arguments based on the sediment balance prediction 13 



