Flocculation settling Characteristics of mud: Sand mixtures

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-253

  Manning, Andrew J ^a,b   Baugh, John V ^a   Spearman, Jeremy R ^a   Whitehouse, Richard J S ^a  

^a Manager of the Coasts and Estuaries Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flocculation; Laboratory simulation; Mixed sediment; Settling velocity

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR FLUME; DEPOSITIONAL FLUXES; FALL VELOCITIES; FLOCCULATION PROCESS; LABORATORY SIMULATION; LABORATORY STUDIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SAND CONTENT; SAND MIXTURE; SETTLING CHARACTERISTICS; SETTLING VELOCITY; TURBULENT SHEAR STRESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LABORATORIES; MIXTURES; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MECHANICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VELOCITY;

FLOCCULATION;

DEPOSITION; FLOCCULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MUD; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SETTLING VELOCITY; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 77954760795     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-009-0251-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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