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The resuspension of underwater sediment by rain
Author(s) -
GREEN T.,
HOUK D.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1980.tb01650.x
Subject(s) - sediment , geology , underwater , hydrology (agriculture) , drop (telecommunication) , environmental science , oceanography , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology , telecommunications , computer science
The rain‐induced resuspension of bottom sediment in shallow water is measured in a simple laboratory experiment, and found to increase significantly with increasing drop size and rain intensity, and decreasing water depth.