Sedtrans05: An improved sediment-transport model for continental shelves and coastal waters with a new algorithm for cohesive sediments

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1223-1242

  Neumeier, Urs ^a   Ferrarin, Christian ^b   Amos, Carl L ^a   Umgiesser, Georg ^b   Li, Michael Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediment transport; Continental shelf; Estuarine processes; Numerical model; Sand transport; Sediment dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EROSION; FLOCCULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; USER INTERFACES;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; ANNULAR FLUMES; BED SHEAR STRESS; BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER (BBL); COASTAL WATER (CW); COHESIVE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEPOSITION CYCLES; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; NEW ALGORITHM; NEW MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; SETTLING VELOCITIES; SIZE CLASSES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TOTAL LOAD; TRANSPORT MODELLING; TRANSPORT RATES; VARIATIONS OF;

SEDIMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; BEDLOAD; BOTTOM STRESS; COASTAL WATER; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 47849085513     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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