Macroflocs, fine-grained sediment transports, and their longitudinal variations in the Ems Estuary

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 387-401

  Van Leussen, Wim ^a,b  

^a RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediment; Ems Estuary; Erosion sedimentation cycles; Fine grained sediment transports; Flocculation ability; Macroflocs

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; EMS ESTUARY; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; HIGH CURRENTS; LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; LOW LEVEL; MACROFLOCS; QUANTITATIVE KNOWLEDGE; SETTLING PROPERTIES; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TIME-SCALES; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ESTUARIES; FLOCCULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

FIELD METHOD; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOCCULATION; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

EMS ESTUARY;

EID: 79955859315     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0384-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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