Difference between revisions of "Cohesive sediment"
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| − | |definition= Sediment containing significant proportion of clays, the electromagnetic properties of which cause the sediment to bind together <ref name="CIRIA (1996)"> CIRIA (1996). ''Beach management manual''. CIRIA Report 153.</ref>. <br> The zone is characterised by a turbulent layer of water that washes up on the beach after an incoming wave has broken. <ref>Wikipedia | + | |definition= Sediment containing significant proportion of clays, the electromagnetic properties of which cause the sediment to bind together <ref name="CIRIA (1996)"> CIRIA (1996). ''Beach management manual''. CIRIA Report 153.</ref>. <br> The zone is characterised by a turbulent layer of water that washes up on the beach after an incoming wave has broken. <ref>Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swash accessed October 2013 </ref> }} |
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Revision as of 13:34, 28 October 2013
Definition of Cohesive sediment:
Sediment containing significant proportion of clays, the electromagnetic properties of which cause the sediment to bind together [1].
The zone is characterised by a turbulent layer of water that washes up on the beach after an incoming wave has broken. [2] This is the common definition for Cohesive sediment, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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References
- ↑ CIRIA (1996). Beach management manual. CIRIA Report 153.
- ↑ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swash accessed October 2013
