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Much of the “action” in fine-grained sediment dynamics occurs at the suspension/sediment bed interface. Analyses were made of the effects of sediment bed fluxes on the vertical structures of overlying turbulent suspensions. Analytical and numerical approaches to examine vertical transport relationships were reviewed. Numerical model sensitivity tests were used to determine the behavior of turbulent suspensions. Vertical variations in turbulent suspensions were found to be governed by particle settling and diffusion times as well as on the flux of material at the bottom boundary. Results were compared to laboratory and field data. The vertical transport in high concentration suspensions (in the hindered-settling concentration range) was also reviewed. The structures of high concentration suspensions were found to change appreciably over short times and approach an equilibrium depending on the settling characteristics of the sediment.
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Teeter, A.M. (1986). Vertical Transport in Fine-Grained Suspension and Newly-Deposited Sediment. 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_9
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