A comparison of in situ techniques for estuarine floc settling velocity measurements

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 15-29

  Dyer, K R ^a   Cornelisse, J ^b   Dearnaley, M P ^c   Fennessy, M J ^a   Jones, S E ^e   Kappenberg, J ^d   McCave, I N ^f   Pejrup, M ^g   Puls, W ^d   Van Leussen, W ^h   Wolfstein, K ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^c HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elbe estuary; flocs; Owen Tube; settling velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 12644310293     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1385-1101(96)90766-2     Document Type: Article

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