Hindered settling of mud flocs: Theory and validation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1893-1907

  Dankers, P J T ^a   Winterwerp, J C ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediment; Hindered settling; Kaolinite; Mud flocs

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE SEDIMENT; KAOLINITE; MUD; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARTICLE SETTLING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 34547102515     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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