The stability of a remediated bed in Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario, Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-168

  Amos, Carl L ^a   Droppo, Ian G ^b   Gomez, Eduardo A ^c   Murphy, Tom P ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benthic flume; Deposition threshold; Erosion threshold; Lacustrine sediments; Mass settling rates

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; DEPOSITION; EROSION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

CANADA; HAMILTON HARBOUR; LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 0037292637     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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