Size fractionation by suspension transpo
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Brian Greenwood; Zhiming Xu
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Laboratory simulation of wave shoaling over a medium sand bed (mean size 250 mm) for a range of wave conditions (a natural spectrum, symmetrical and asymmetrical wave groups) showed that a distinct horizontal fractionation of sediment by size occurred. Sediment became progressively coarser down-wave