Erosion of cohesive sediments: Resuspension, bed load, and erosion patterns from field experiments

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 508-520

  Debnath, Koustuv ^a   Nikora, V ^b   Aberle, J ^c   Westrich, B ^d   Muste, M ^e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed load; Cohesive soils; Erosion; Flumes; In situ test; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EROSION; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

BED LOAD; BED SURFACE ELEVATIONS; COHESIVE SOILS; SEDIMENT EROSION;

SEDIMENTS;

CLAY; EROSION; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

BEDLOAD; COHESIVE SOIL; EROSION RATE; FLUME EXPERIMENT; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 34247179577     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:5(508)     Document Type: Article

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