Enhanced settling velocities and vertical transport of particulate matter by aggregation in the benthic boundary layer

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 101, Issue , 2002, Pages 37-49

  Jähmlich, Sabine ^a   Lund Hansen, Lars Chresten ^b   Leipe, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Benthic boundary layer; Hydrodynamics; Resuspension; Southwest Baltic Sea

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENTATION;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0037004312     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2002.10649464     Document Type: Article

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