Experiments on the entrainment threshold of well-sorted and poorly sorted carbonate sands

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-40

  Prager, Ellen J ^a,c   Southard, John B ^b   Vivoni Gallart, Enrique R ^b  

^a Sea Education Association   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Caribbean Marine Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SAND; ENTRAINMENT; GRAIN MOTION; SEDIMENT; SORTING; TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029750258     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1996.tb01457.x     Document Type: Article

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