Erosional properties of the sediments in the Petitcodiac River estuary at Moncton, New Brunswick

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1209-1216

  Haralampides, Katy ^a   Rodriguez, Andres ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Jacques Whitford Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediments; Erosion rates; Local boundary shear stress; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ESTUARIES; SHEAR STRESS;

BOUNDARY SHEAR STRESS; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; EROSION RATES;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EROSION; ESTUARIES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS;

BULK DENSITY; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; EROSION RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER CONTENT;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; PETITCODIAC RIVER;

EID: 33846651028     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L06-066     Document Type: Article

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