Mud matrix solids fraction and bed erodibility in the York River estuary, USA, and other muddy environments

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Dickhudt, Patrick J ^a   Friedrichs, Carl T ^a   Sanford, Lawrence P ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Cohesive sediments; Critical shear stress; Erosion; Sand; Sand mud mixtures; USA; Water content

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE SEDIMENT; ERODIBILITY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GUST; MICROCOSM; MUDFLAT; SAND; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; TIME SERIES; WATER CONTENT; WIND EROSION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

EID: 84861182737     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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