Preliminary findings of a study of the upper reaches of the Tamar Estuary, UK, throughout a complete tidal cycle: Part II: In-situ floc spectra observations

Proceedings in Marine Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages 15-33

  A J , Manning ^a,b   Bass, S J ^a   Dyer, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

effective density; floc size; Flocculation; INSSEV instrument; mass settling flux; settling velocity; suspended particulate matter; Tamar estuary; turbidity maximum; turbulent shear

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349182000     PISSN: 15682692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-2692(07)80004-0     Document Type: Chapter

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