Hydraulic characteristics of bioclastic deposits: New possibilities for environmental interpretation using settling velocity fractions

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 561-570

  Kench, Paul S ^a,b   McLean, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCLASTIC SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION; HYDRAULICS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SETTLING VELOCITY;

EID: 0029773819     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1996.d01-23.x     Document Type: Article

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