RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION AND THE STATISTICAL FREQUENCY-DISTRIBUTION OF BOTTOM SHEAR-STRESS

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LESHT, BM [1 ]
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[1] NOAA, ATLANTIC OCEANOG & METEOROL LABS, MIAMI, FL 33149 USA
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10.1016/0025-3227(79)90142-7
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
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Detailed observations of near-bottom turbidity and currents are used to examine the relationship between bottom shear stress and sediment resuspension. Turbidity is related to the statistical frequency distribution of bottom shear stress in a way that implies that a few high-stress events may be responsible for resuspension. Such short-period processes will usually be masked by conventional methods of data handling. © 1979.
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