Size and settling velocities of cohesive flocs and suspended sediment aggregates in a trailing suction hopper dredge plume

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Smith, S Jarrell ^a   Friedrichs, Carl T ^b  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Dredging; Flocculation; Image processing; Settling rate

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; AGGREGATE; AGGREGATE SIZE; BACKSCATTER; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; DREDGER; DREDGING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOCCULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PLUME; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 84861189055     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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