Sedimentological and rheological properties of the water-solid bed interface in the weser and ems estuaries, North Sea, Germany: Implications for fluid mud classification

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 797-808

  Papenmeier, Svenja ^a   Schrottke, Kerstin ^a   Bartholomä, Alexander ^b   Flemming, Burghard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; Cohesive sediments; grain size; Rumohr type gravity corer; viscosity

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GRAIN SIZE; MUD; MUDFLAT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EMS ESTUARY; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA; WESER ESTUARY;

EID: 84880224413     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00144.1     Document Type: Article

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