Sediment-generated noise and bed stress in a tidal channel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2249-2265

  Bassett, Christopher ^a   Thomson, Jim ^b   Polagye, Brian ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ambient noise; bed load; bed stress; coarse grained sediment; turbulence

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBULENCE; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

AMBIENT NOISE; BED LOAD; COARSE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; DISSIPATION TECHNIQUE; EQUIVALENT GRAIN SIZE; SPECTRAL CONTENT; STRESS CALCULATIONS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOISE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CHANNEL; TURBULENCE;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84878028623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20169     Document Type: Article

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