Transport rate of calcareous sand in unidirectional flow

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1009-1020

  Smith, David A ^a,b   Cheung, Kwok Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OCEES International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcareous sand; Carbonate sand; Critical velocity; Fall velocity; Flume experiment; Nominal diameter; Sediment transport; Shape factor; Transport model; Transport rate

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; SAND;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745266752     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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