@inbook{769e6909146a4258a5b70230a0e870ce,
title = "The critical diameter for distinguishing bed material load and wash load of sediment in the Yangtze Estuary, China",
abstract = "Two field surveys were conducted in the Yangtze Estuary for studying the critical grain size for distinguishing the Bed Material Load (BML) and Wash Load (WL) in the summer of 2001 and in the winter of 2003, respectively. During these periods, the suspended sediment in the Yangtze Estuary was mainly composed of clay and silt. The averaged median diameter of near-surface sediment samples was 6.2 μm. This value increased to 10.7 μm for near-bottom sediment samples. Bed sediments, mainly consisting of silt, had an averaged median diameter of 57.6 μm. The critical diameters for distinguishing B ML and WL were identified using three methods: (1) the inflexion method, (2) the most-curvature method, and (3) the definition method. Ideally, the third method would be the best approach, if properly planned and sufficiently supported. This study indicates that the most-curvature method can provide a reasonable good estimation without the need of a huge resource.",
keywords = "Yangtze Estuary, bed material load, critical diameter, sediment, wash load",
author = "Wang Y.Y. and Q. He",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1016/S1568-2692(07)80018-0",
language = "英语",
isbn = "9780444521637",
series = "Proceedings in Marine Science",
publisher = "Elsevier",
pages = "277--289",
booktitle = "Estuarine and Coastal Fine Sediments Dynamics Intercoh 2003",
address = "荷兰",
}