Observations of sediment transport in Lake Erie during the winter of 2004-2005

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 816-827

  Hawley, Nathan ^a   Eadie, Brian J ^a  

^a ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Erie; Sediment resuspension

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSPARENCY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACCUMULATION RATE; PARTICLE SETTLING VELOCITY; WATER TRANSPARENCY;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CURRENT VELOCITY; ENTRAINMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; TIME SERIES; TRANSPARENCY; WAVE ACTION; WINTER;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349020265     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[816:OOSTIL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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