A heuristic formula for turbulence-induced flocculation of cohesive sediment

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 195-207

  Winterwerp, J C ^a,b   Manning, A J ^c,d   Martens, C ^e   de Mulder, T ^f   Vanlede, J ^f  

^a WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e International Marine and Dredging Consultants IMDC   (Belgium)

^f FLANDERS HYDRAULICS RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cohesive sediment; flocculation model; sediment transport modelling; settling velocity

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLOCCULATION; HEURISTICS; SETTLING VELOCITY; TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; TAMAR ESTUARY [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 33747132947     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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