Characteristic length scales and time-averaged transport velocities of suspended sediment in the mid-Atlantic Region, USA

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 790-805

  Pizzuto, James ^a   Schenk, Edward R ^b   Hupp, Cliff R ^b   Gellis, Allen ^b   Noe, Greg ^b   Williamson, Elyse ^a   Karwan, Diana L ^c   O'Neal, Michael ^a   Marquard, Julia ^d   Aalto, Rolf ^d   Newbold, Denis ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

floodplains; sediment routing; suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; VELOCITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMPS); CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; FLOOD-PLAINS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; RECEIVING WATER QUALITY; SEDIMENT-ROUTING; STORAGE RESERVOIRS;

RIVERS;

FLOODPLAIN; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTY CLAY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893192524     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014485     Document Type: Article

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