Estimating cohesive sediment erosion and consolidation in a Muddy, tidally-dominated environment: Model behavior and sensitivity

Proceedings of the International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 819-838

  Rinehimer, J Paul ^a   Harris, Courtney K ^a   Sherwood, Christopher R ^b   Sanford, Lawrence P ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; CONSOLIDATION TIME; CRITICAL STRESS; MODELING BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT BED MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL;

EROSION; ESTIMATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84891329643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40990(324)44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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