Comparison of laser grain size analysis with pipette and sieve analysis: A solution for the underestimation of the clay fraction

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 523-535

  Konert, Martin ^a   Vandenberghe, Jef ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS; LASER DIFFRACTION; PIPETTE METHOD; SIEVE METHOD;

EID: 0030864198     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-38.x     Document Type: Review

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