Dynamic interactions between cohesive sediment tracers and natural mud

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1401-1414

  Spencer, Kate L ^a   Manning, Andrew J ^b   Droppo, Ian G ^c   Leppard, Gary G ^c   Benson, Thomas ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediment; Floc structure; Sediment tracer; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOCCULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUD; POROSITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SETTLING VELOCITY; TRACER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956871395     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-010-0291-6     Document Type: Article

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