A conceptual framework for the erosion behaviour of sand-mud mixtures

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Van Ledden, M ^a,c   Van Kesteren, W G M ^a,b   Winterwerp, J C ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Erosion; Network structure; Sand mud mixtures; Sediment behaviour

Indexed keywords

COHESION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EROSION; MUD; SAND;

EID: 0347135944     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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