Effects of suspended sediment concentration and turbulence on settling velocity of cohesive sediment

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-171

  Ha, Ho Kyung ^a   Maa, Jerome P Y ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADV; Cohesive sediment; Settling velocity; Suspended sediment concentration; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954609742     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-010-0016-2     Document Type: Article

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