Erosion threshold of saturated natural cohesive sediments: Modeling and experiments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Ternat, F ^a   Boyer, P ^b   Anselmet, F ^c   Amielh, M ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c Ecole Centrale Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CLAY MINERALS; EROSION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THEOREM PROVING; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CLAY PARTICLES; COHESION FORCES; COHESION FUNCTIONS; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; COORDINATION NUMBERS; EROSION RESISTANCES; EROSION THRESHOLDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FRESHWATER CONDITIONS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; GRAIN SIZES; MEASURED VALUES; MULTIPLE INTERACTIONS; NATURAL SEDIMENTS; PH VALUES; POROSITY MEASUREMENTS; SEDIMENT BEDS; SPHERICAL PARTICLES; THRESHOLD CONDITIONS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLAY; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; EROSION CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; GRAIN SIZE; PH; POROSITY; RESUSPENSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 58149100515     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006537     Document Type: Article

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