Measurements of the relationship between turbulence and sediment in suspension over mobile sand dunes in a laboratory flume

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wren, D G ^a   Kuhnle, R A ^a   Wilson, C G ^a  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA PROCESSING; DUNE; FLUME EXPERIMENT; LASER METHOD; PARTICLE MOTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 36249031485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000683     Document Type: Article

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