Terra et Aqua 122 – complete issue
Read the complete issue containing articles, upcoming events, an interview and book review.
Articles in this issue
Hydraulic Transport of Sand/Shell Mixtures in Relation with the Critical Velocity
When pumping shells through a pipeline, a much higher velocity is required to make them erode and go back into suspension, because although the settling velocity of shells is much lower than equivalent sand particles, the erosion velocity is much higher.
Will Ports Become Forts? Climate Change Impacts, Opportunities and Challenges
The Stanford University Policy and Engineering Responses to Sea Level Rise (SUPERSLR) project is examining various solutions and the constraints for worldwide ports which could face the challenges of sea-level rise all at roughly the same time.
Cleanup of the Lower Fox River, Wisconsin Operable Units
To clean up a 13 mile stretch of the river, PCB contamination from industrial plants is being remediated by a unique combination of dredging, capping and separating clean sand and dewatering the fine sediments with membrane presses.
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Published March 2011