1. Characterization of mud sediments

   • Stanislas Wartel

   Preface Pages: 109 - 109

2. The need for a better characterization of a sediment commonly called “mud”

   • Stanislas Wartel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 110 - 112

3. Understanding fluid mud in a dynamic environment

   • Ashish J. Mehta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 118

4. Fine sediment transport under tidal action

   • Wim van Leussen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 126

5. Cohesive sediments in scottish freshwater lochs and reservoirs

   • R. W. Duck
   • J. McManus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 131

6. Quality control in mud coring

   • W. R. Parker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 132 - 137

7. Laboratory testing of muds

   • M. C. Ockenden
   • E. A. Delo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 138 - 142

8. Rheological boundaries of mud: Where are the limits?

   • Richard W. Faas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 146

9. Particle size of suspended matter in estuaries

   • D. Eisma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 153

10. Measurement of the influence of salinity on floc density and strength

    • S. Al Ani
    • K. R. Dyer
    • D. A. Huntley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 154 - 158

11. Measurement of sediment resuspension rates in Long Island Sound

    • Henry Bokuniewicz
    • Larry McTiernan
    • Wayne Davis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 161

12. Grain-size distribution of quartz and feldspar extracts and implications for flocculation processes

    • Rodney L. Stevens

    OriginalPaper Pages: 162 - 165

13. Triangle plots and textural nomenclature for muddy sediments

    • Rodney L. Stevens

    OriginalPaper Pages: 166 - 169

14. Microstructural classification of clayey sediments

    • Peter Smart

    OriginalPaper Pages: 170 - 171

15. Some soft mud properties' evaluation by acoustics

    • C. Ranz-Guerra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 172 - 173

16. Consolidation and erosion of deposited cohesive sediments in Northern Chesapeake Bay, USA

    • Jeffrey Halka
    • William Panageotou
    • Lawrence Sanford

    OriginalPaper Pages: 174 - 178

17. A hindered settling model for the prediction of settling and consolidation of cohesive sediment

    • Erik A. Toorman
    • Jean E. Berlamont

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 183

18. Geochemical characterization of the potential trace metal mobility in cohesive sediments

    • Michael Kersten
    • Ulrich Förstner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 184 - 187

19. Geochemical processes in muddy and sandy tidal flat sediments

    • W. Baeyens
    • S. Panutrakul
    • F. Monteny

    OriginalPaper Pages: 188 - 193

20. Microbial activity in sandy and muddy estuarine sediments

    • M. Elskens
    • M. Leermakers
    • W. Baeyens

    OriginalPaper Pages: 194 - 198

21. Book reviews

    • Paul M. Harris
    • Richard Rezak

    BookReview Pages: 199 - 200