Fractal dimensions of suspended solids in streams: Comparison of sampling and analysis techniques

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-254

  De Boer, Dirk H ^a   Stone, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flocs; Fractal dimension; Image analysis; Particle morphology; Riparian buffer zones; Suspended sediment; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SAMPLING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

FLOCS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SUSPENDED LOAD;

EID: 0033557333     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19990215)13:2<239::AID-HYP709>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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