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Organic detritus particles: Initiation of motion criteria
Author(s) -
Fisher John S.,
Pickral James,
Odum William E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1979.24.3.0529
Subject(s) - salt marsh , detritus , particle (ecology) , marsh , mineralogy , environmental science , geology , oceanography , ecology , wetland , biology , paleontology
The criteria for the initiation ofmotion for organic detrital sediments appear to follow the same Shields relationship as sand and other uniform inorganic sediments. The salt marsh tidal creek samples tested include mud particles and stem, leaf, and root fragments of marsh grasses. The measurement of particle diameter is replaced with an equivalent diameter determined from fall velocity and density.