Estuarine and Coastal Fine Sediment Dynamics

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 (S.J. Bass, A.J. Manning, K.R. Dyer).
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 (A.J. Manning, S.J. Bass, K.R. Dyer).
Aggregation and breakage rates in the flocculation of estuarine cohesive sediments (L.E. Neumann, T. Howes).
An experimental study into the evolution of the size distribution of kaolinite flocs (F. Maggi, J.C. Winterwerp).
Constancy of the relation between floc size and density in San Francisco Bay (N.K. Ganju et al.).
Effects of different erosion techniques on sediment beds in the laboratory (G. Sills, G. Lintern, J. Leung).
Approximate equations for sediment erosion rates (W. Lick et al.).
Estimation of annual average propeller erosion rate in San Diego Bay, California (J.P.-Y. Maa, B. Chadwick).
Organic-rich fine sediments in Florida, Part 1: Sources & nature (R. Kirby).
Organic-rich fine sediments in Florida, Part II: Resuspension in a lake (J.E. Gowland et al.).
A modular entrainment model for cohesive sediment (T.R. Keen, Y. Furukawa).
On the sedimentation rate of cohesive sediment(J.C. Winterwerp).
A preliminary study on the hindered settling of kaolinite flocs (P.J.T. Dankers, J.C. Winterwerp, W.G.M. van Kesteren).
A parameterized consolidation model for cohesive sediments (G.J. de Boer, L.M. Merckelbach, J.C. Winterwerp).
Estimation of mud rheological parameters using genetic algorithm for a two-layer wave-mud system (Qing-He Zhang, O.W.H. Wai and Z.-D. Zhao).
The critical diameter for distinguishing bed material load and wash load of sediment in the Yangtze Estuary, China (Yuan-ye Wang, Q. He).
Seasonal variability of suspended particulate matter observed from SeaWiFS images near the Belgian coast (D. Van den Eynde et al.).
A semi-analytical model for confined fluid mud flow in estuaries (L.M. Merckelbach, J.C. Winterwerp).
A preliminary implication of the constant erosion rate model to simulate turbidity maximums in the York River, Virginia, USA (Jae-Il Kwon, J.P.-Y. Maa, D.-Y. Lee).
Sensitivity of estuarine turbidity maximum to settling velocity, tidal mixing, and sediment supply (J.C. Warner, C.R. Sherwood, W.R. Geyer).
Fine sediment transport in Ariake Bay, Japan (Y. Nakagawa).
Quadratic profile approach for profile evolutions on intertidal mudflat (F. Yamada et al.).
Plume dispersion modelling using dynamic representation of trailer dredger source terms (J. Spearman et al.).
Modeling fine sediment resuspension due to vessel passage (T.M. Parchure, J.E. Davis, R.T. McAdory).
Capping of a contaminated soft cohesive sediment bed in Stryker Bay, Minnesota (W.G.M. van Kesteren, T. van Kessel, M.J. Costello).
Neural networks in sedimentation modelling for the approach channel of the port area of Rotterdam (B. Bhattacharya et al.).
The COSINUS datebase for cohesive sediment transport in estuaries
and coastal zones (with the database in the attached CD) (M. Markofsky).
List of Contributors.