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SOME HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF BIOCLASTIC CARBONATE GRAINS
Author(s) -
MAIKLEM W. R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1968.tb01102.x
Subject(s) - carbonate , geology , clastic rock , grain size , sediment , geochemistry , carbonate rock , mineralogy , geomorphology , sedimentary rock , materials science , metallurgy
SUMMARY A simple experiment demonstrates that shape and bulk density of bioclastic carbonate crains are important factors affecting the grain‐size distribution of a clastic carbonate sediment deposited in water.