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ments will explore the effects of aggregate properties, like size-dependent stickiness. Finally, interaction or exchange with the seafloor has to be included. Aggregate loss due to deposition and aggregation introduction due to sediment
erosion have been identified as essential processes for the aggregate dynamics in
the benthic boundary layer. Nevertheless, the presented model appears to be a
rugged tool to study the major processes of near-bed aggregate dynamics for a
wide variety of aggregate properties and hydrodynamic regimes.
Acknowledgements
This work was funded by the German Science Foundation and is publication
number 328 of the Sonderforschungsbereich 313 at the University of Kiel. We
thank M. Schluter and S. Pesant for valuable discussions during the preparation
of the manuscript. Comments of G. Gust were very helpful and improved the
manuscript significantly.
W. Ritzrau . H. Fohrmann
ments will explore the effects of aggregate properties, like size-dependent stickiness. Finally, interaction or exchange with the seafloor has to be included. Aggregate loss due to deposition and aggregation introduction due to sediment
erosion have been identified as essential processes for the aggregate dynamics in
the benthic boundary layer. Nevertheless, the presented model appears to be a
rugged tool to study the major processes of near-bed aggregate dynamics for a
wide variety of aggregate properties and hydrodynamic regimes.
Acknowledgements
This work was funded by the German Science Foundation and is publication
number 328 of the Sonderforschungsbereich 313 at the University of Kiel. We
thank M. Schluter and S. Pesant for valuable discussions during the preparation
of the manuscript. Comments of G. Gust were very helpful and improved the
manuscript significantly.