Fractal dimensions of individual flocs and floc populations in streams

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 653-667

  De Boer, Dirk H ^a   Stone, Mike ^b   Lévesque, Lucie M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed shear stress; Effective particle size; Flocs; Fractal dimension; Image analysis; Riparian buffer zones; Suspended matter; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

FLOCCULATION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; STREAMWATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0034162236     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(200003)14:4<653::AID-HYP964>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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