High temporal resolution in situ measurement of the effective particle size characteristics of fluvial suspended sediment

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1081-1093

  Williams, N D ^a   Walling, D E ^a   Leeks, G J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective particle size; Flocculation; Laser diffraction; LISST 100; Particle size measurement; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

FLOCCULATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EFFECTIVE PARTICLE SIZE; LASER DIFFRACTION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

FLOCCULATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOCCULATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; RESOLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DYNAMICS; FLOCCULATION; INSTRUMENT; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

DEVON; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; EXE RIVER; THORVERTON; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOCCULATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 33846850252     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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