Changes in the critical erosion velocity for sediment colonized by biofilm

Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 648-659

  Fang, Hongwei ^a   Shang, Qianqian ^a   Chen, Minghong ^b   He, Guojian ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adhesive force; Biofilm; Cohesive force; Film water theory; Incipient velocity

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE FORCE; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; COHESIVE FORCE; INCIPIENT VELOCITY; NON-UNIFORM SEDIMENTS; NUTRIENT-RICH WATER; SEDIMENT ENTRAINMENTS; SEDIMENT PARTICLES;

DEIONIZED WATER; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VELOCITY;

BIOFILMS;

ADHESION; BIOFILM; COHESION; ENTRAINMENT; EROSION; FLUME EXPERIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 84900172599     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12065     Document Type: Article

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