The advances in the research of the settling velocity of the interface between clear supernatant water and turbid suspension of cohesive sediment are reviewed in this paper.

• 简要描绘了粘性泥沙浑液面沉降的物理图景,概括和分析了国内外学者在粘性泥沙浑液面沉速公式方面的研究成果,并指出了所存在的问题,在此基础上展望今后的研究工作。