The erosion behaviour of biologically active sewer sediment deposits: Observations from a laboratory study

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 5221-5231

  Banasiak, Robert ^a   Verhoeven, Ronny ^a   De Sutter, Renaat ^a   Tait, Simon ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed load; Deposition; Erosion; Microbiology; Sewer sediments; Surrogate sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; EROSION; MICROBIOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; SEWERS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

BED LOAD; EROSION PATTERNS; FLOW RATES; SEWER SEDIMENTS; SURROGATE SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

SEDIMENTS;

MINERAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN;

DEPOSITION; EROSION; SEDIMENT; SEWER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; FLOW RATE; LABORATORY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SEWER; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SUSPENSION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 28844452820     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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