Entrainment threshold of natural grains in liquids determined empirically from dimensionless settling velocities and other measures of grain size

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 17-23

  Le Roux, J P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT THRESHOLD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SETTLING VELOCITY;

EID: 0031692560     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00022-0     Document Type: Article

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