Erosion threshold of sand-mud mixtures

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Jacobs, Walter ^a,b   Le Hir, Pierre ^c   Van Kesteren, Walther ^d   Cann, Philippe ^c  

^a Royal Boskalis Westminster Ltd   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clay; Critical shear stress; Erosion; Sand mud mixtures; Sediment structure; Strength

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; CLAY SOIL; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; DATA SET; EROSION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOCCULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; MODEL VALIDATION; MUD; PLASTICITY; POROSITY; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; SAND; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SILT; SOIL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; THRESHOLD; UNDRAINED TEST;

EID: 84861187200     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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