On the determination of the settling flux of cohesive sediments in a turbulent fluid

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Gratiot, Nicolas ^a,b   Michallet, Herve ^c   Mory, Mathieu ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c LEGI   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE SEDIMENT; PARTICULATE FLUX; SETTLING VELOCITY; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 23144441827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002732     Document Type: Article

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