Fractionation and measurements of settling velocities of suspended matter using an Owen Tube

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 147-152

  Wolfstein, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

content of organic matter; Elbe estuary; Owen tube; SPM fractionation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030427682     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1385-1101(96)90785-6     Document Type: Article

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