Breaching in fine sands and the generati
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Dick R. Mastbergen; Jan H. Van Den Berg
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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**Abstract** Natural, moderately loosely packed sands can only erode from the surface of the bed after an increase in pore volume. Because of this shear dilatancy, negative pore pressures are generated in the bed. In cases of low permeability, these negative pressures are released relatively slowly,