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].
This is the common definition for Cohesive sediment, other definitions can be discussed in the article

References

  1. ↑ CIRIA (1996). Beach management manual. CIRIA Report 153.

See also

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