An assessment of a new settling velocity parameterisation for cohesive sediment transport modeling

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1835-1855

  Baugh, John V ^a   Manning, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediment; Flocculation; Mass settling flux; Sediment transport numerical model; Settling velocity; TELEMAC3D; Turbulent shear stress

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE SEDIMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SETTLING VELOCITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347379309     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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