Estuarine and coastal fine sediments dynamics : INTERCOH 2003 /

This volume is the product of the International Conference on Cohesive Sediment Transport (INTERCOH 2003) held at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, U.S.A., during October 1-4, 2003. The topics included in this monograph range from basic research on cohesive sediment dynamics to practical app...

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Corporate Author: International Conference on Cohesive Sediment Transport Gloucester Point, Va.
Other Authors: Maa, J. P.-Y, Sanford, Lawrence P., Schoellhamer, David H.
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Proceedings in marine science ; 8.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Front Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Preliminary findings of a study of the upper reaches of the Tamar Estuary, UK, throughout a complete tidal cycle: Part I: Linking hydrodynamic and sediment cycles
  • Preliminary findings of a study of the upper reaches of the Tamar Estuary, UK, throughout a complete tidal cycle: Part II: In-situ floc spectra observations
  • Aggregation and breakage rates in the flocculation of estuarine cohesive sediments
  • An experimental study into the evolution of the size distribution of kaolinite flocs
  • Constancy of the relation between floe size and density in San Francisco Bay
  • Effects of different erosion techniques on sediment beds in the laboratory
  • Approximate equations for sediment erosion rates
  • Estimation of annual average propeller erosion rate in San Diego Bay, California
  • Organic-rich fine sediments in Florida, Part 1: Sources & nature
  • Organic-rich fine sediments in Florida, Part II: Resuspension in a lake
  • A modular entrainment model for cohesive sediment
  • On the sedimentation rate of cohesive sediment
  • A preliminary study on the hindered settling of kaolinite flocs
  • A parameterized consolidation model for cohesive sediments
  • Estimation of mud rheological parameters using genetic algorithm for a two-layer wave-mud system
  • The critical diameter for distinguishing bed material load and wash load of sediment in the Yangtze Estuary, China
  • Seasonal variability of suspended particulate matter observed from SeaWiFS images near the Belgian coast
  • A semi-analytical model for confined fluid mud flow in estuaries
  • A preliminary implication of the constant erosion rate model to simulate turbidity maximums in the York River, Virginia, USA
  • Sensitivity of estuarine turbidity maximum to settling velocity, tidal mixing, and sediment supply
  • Fine sediment transport in Ariake Bay, Japan
  • Quadratic profile approach for profile evolutions on intertidal mud flat
  • Plume dispersion modelling using dynamic representation of trailer dredger source terms
  • Modeling fine sediment resuspension due to vessel passage
  • Capping of a contaminated soft cohesive sediment bed in Stryker Bay, Minnesota
  • Neural networks in sedimentation modelling for the approach channel of the port area of Rotterdam
  • The COSINUS datebase for cohesive sediment transport in estuaries and coastal zones (with the database in the attached CD)
  • List of Contributors
  • Last Page.