A Constant Erosion Rate Model for Fine Sediment in the York River, Virginia

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 345-360

  Maa, Jerome P Y ^a   Kim, S C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic boundary layer process; Erosion rate; Field experiments; Sediment transport; Tripod measurements; York River

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041877664     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015799926777     Document Type: Article

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