Application of fractal flocculation and vertical transport model to aquatic sol-sediment systems

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1818-1830

  Sterling Jr , Michael C ^a,d   Bonner, James S ^b   Ernest, Andrew N S ^c   Page, Cheryl A ^b   Autenrieth, Robin L ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Collision efficiency; Fractal; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COASTAL ZONES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTUARIES; FLOCCULATION; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SILICA;

COALESCED SPHERE (CS); FRACTAL FLOCCULATION; MEAN OF THE SUM OF THE SQUARE OF THE RELATIVE RESIDUALS (MSSRR); VERTICAL TRANSPORT MODEL;

SOLS;

PETROLEUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

COAGULATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOCCULATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; CLAY; COASTAL WATERS; COLLOID; DENSITY; EMULSION; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL; OIL SPILL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 18844384010     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.02.007     Document Type: Article

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