Sediment transport : a geophysical phenomenon /

Sediment transport : a geophysical phenomenon /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gyr, Albert.
Imprint:	Dordrecht : Springer, c2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 283 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Fluid mechanics and its applications ; v. 82 Fluid mechanics and its applications ; v. 82.
Subject:	Sediment transport. Science: Geology. Science. Sediment transport. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Hydraulics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8878228

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Other authors / contributors:	Hoyer, Klaus.
ISBN:	9781402050169 140205016X 9786610716500 6610716501 1402050151 (Cloth) 9781402050152 (Cloth)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Gyr, Albert. Sediment transport. Dordrecht : Springer, c2006 1402050151 9781402050152

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. The classical representation of the sediment transport
3. Turbulence and the statistical aspects of the sediment transport
4. Saturation and asymptotic states
5. Problematic issues
6. Scales
7. Roughness and roughness elements
8. Flow separation, topology, and vortical dynamics
9. Fine-sand dynamics
10. Mixtures of medium grain sizes
11. Gravel beds
12. Data and strategies to calculate sediment transport
13. References
14. Appendix
15. Subject index.