Determining the Predominant Governing Parameters of the Bed-Load Equations for Sediment-Laden Rivers on the Continental Shelf

• Published in: Journal of coastal research Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 276 - 290
• Main Authors: Khorram, S., Ergil, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1656 Cypress Row Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33411, USA The Coastal Education and Research Foundation 01.03.2011; Coastal Education & Research Foundation (CERF); Allen Press Inc
• Subjects: Average velocity; Bed load; Bed-load transport rate; Coefficients; Continental shelves; Environmental protection; estuarine processes; Flow velocity; Fluvial transport; Fluxes; Freshwater; Grain size; Gravel; Hydraulics; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical independent variables; Mathematical models; multilinear regression; Ocean basins; Particle size classes; Physical properties; RESEARCH PAPERS; Resource exploitation; Rivers; Sand; Sand & gravel; Sediment load; Sediment transport; sediment transport equations; Sediments; sensitivity analysis; shelf sedimentation; Studies; Transport equations

Sediment transport between the emerged land masses and deep marine basins is a fundamental process that affects the exploitation of resources and protection of the environment and its ecosystems. Sediment transport models on the continental shelf are often very complex and subject to semiempirical o...