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Interest in cohesive sediment transport mechanics originated from hydraulic and soil mechanical problems associated mainly with erosion of agricultural lands, and from sedimentation in canals and harbors. In the last few decades, cohesive sediments in estuaries have acquired distinct importance as a result of increased urbanization of lands bordering estuaries, diversion of tributary river waters for urban and agricultural use, and the need for maintaining navigational channels for vessels with deeper drafts. In addition, a growing body of evidence indicates that, as a result of the high adsorptive capacity of fine sediments for dissolved chemicals, pollutants are scavenged from estuarial waters by suspended sediments, whose role in water quality problems therefore needs to be understood. Likewise, nutrient levels and associated biogenic processes in lakes with muddy beds have been found to correlate with episodic bottom sediment resuspension processes.
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Mehta, A.J. (1986). Introduction. In: Mehta, A.J. (eds) Estuarine Cohesive Sediment Dynamics. Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies, vol 14. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4936-8_1
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