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Revision as of 14:36, 28 October 2013

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