Hindered settling velocity of cohesive/non-cohesive sediment mixtures

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1197-1208

  Cuthbertson, Alan ^a   Dong, Ping ^a   King, Stuart ^a   Davies, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fall velocity; Hindered settling; Mud flocs; Sand particles; Sediment suspensions

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MIXTURES; POLYDISPERSITY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

FALL VELOCITY; HINDERED SETTLING; MUD FLOCS; SAND PARTICLES; SEDIMENT SUSPENSIONS;

SAND;

COHESIVE SEDIMENT; HINDCASTING; METHODOLOGY; MUD; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SETTLING; PARTICLE SIZE; SAND; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 56349100535     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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