Size fractionation by suspension transport: A large scale flume experiment with shoaling waves

Marine Geology

Volumn 176, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 157-174

  Greenwood, Brian ^a   Xu, Zhiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flume experiment; Shoaling groupy waves; Size fractionation; Suspension transport

Indexed keywords

SUSPENSION TRANSPORT;

MASS TRANSPORTATION; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

GEOLOGY;

FLUME EXPERIMENT; FRACTIONATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHOALING WAVE;

EID: 0035876499     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00159-1     Document Type: Article

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