Measurement of the sortable silt current speed proxy using the Sedigraph 5100 and Coulter Multisizer Ile: Precision and accuracy

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1001-1014

  Bianchi, G G ^a   Hall, I R ^a   McCave, I N ^a   Joseph, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Coulter Multisizer Ile; Palaeocurrent speed proxy; Precision; Sedigraph 5100; Sortable silt

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; SILT;

EID: 0033490942     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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