The effect of suspended sediment concentration on the settling velocity of cohesive sediment in quiescent water

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1955-1965

  You, Zai Jin ^a  

^a Dept of Infrastructure Plan/Nat ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediment; Free, enhanced and hindered setting; Settling velocity; Suspended sediment concentration

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIXTURES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; QUIESCENT WATER;

SEDIMENTS;

COHESIVE SEDIMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 4844219745     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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