Settling velocities and entrainment thresholds of biogenic sands (shell fragments) under unidirectional flow

Sedimentology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 211-225

  Paphitis, D ^a   Collins, M B ^a   Nash, L A ^a   Wallbridge, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogenic sands; Sediment entrainment; Settling velocities; Threshold; Unidirectional flow

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; ENTRAINMENT; FLUME EXPERIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SHELL;

EID: 0036195895     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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