Cohesive sediment

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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

References

  1. Jump up ↑ CIRIA (1996). Beach management manual. CIRIA Report 153.
  2. Jump up ↑ Wikipedia accessed 2013: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swash

See also

  1. Mud, clay, silt
  2. Non-cohesive sediment
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