Experimental insights into laser diffraction particle sizing of fine-grained sediments for use in palaeoceanography

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2192-2206

  Jonkers, Lukas ^a   Prins, Maarten A ^b   Brummer, Geert Jan A ^a   Konert, Martin ^b   Lougheed, Bryan C ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calibration; Laser diffraction particle sizing; Mud; Palaeocurrent; Unmixing

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS;

DEEP-OCEAN CIRCULATION; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE MEASUREMENT; PALAEOCURRENT; PARTICLE SIZING; UNMIXING;

DIFFRACTION;

CALIBRATION; DIFFRACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; ICE RAFTING; LASER METHOD; LAST GLACIAL; METHODOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77954816838     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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