Abstract
Single grain settling of pellets collected from 8 shallow marine environments in S.Florida and the Bahamas permits calibration with the hydrodynamic behavior of quartz spheres. Well-hardened carbonate pellets settle at rates equivalent to quartz spheres having a median diameter 70-100% of the pellet size. Soft carbonate pellets containing abundant silt settled as quartz spheres 90-30% in diameter. Soft carbonate pellets composed mainly of aragonite needle mud settled as quartz spheres 60-25% in diameter.-from Authors
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 27-36 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Unknown Journal |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1981 |
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Hydrodynamics of carbonate fecal pellets. / Wanless, Harold; Burton, E. A.; Dravis, J.
In: Unknown Journal, Vol. 51, No. 1, 01.01.1981, p. 27-36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Hydrodynamics of carbonate fecal pellets.
AU - Wanless, Harold
AU - Burton, E. A.
AU - Dravis, J.
PY - 1981/1/1
Y1 - 1981/1/1
N2 - Single grain settling of pellets collected from 8 shallow marine environments in S.Florida and the Bahamas permits calibration with the hydrodynamic behavior of quartz spheres. Well-hardened carbonate pellets settle at rates equivalent to quartz spheres having a median diameter 70-100% of the pellet size. Soft carbonate pellets containing abundant silt settled as quartz spheres 90-30% in diameter. Soft carbonate pellets composed mainly of aragonite needle mud settled as quartz spheres 60-25% in diameter.-from Authors
AB - Single grain settling of pellets collected from 8 shallow marine environments in S.Florida and the Bahamas permits calibration with the hydrodynamic behavior of quartz spheres. Well-hardened carbonate pellets settle at rates equivalent to quartz spheres having a median diameter 70-100% of the pellet size. Soft carbonate pellets containing abundant silt settled as quartz spheres 90-30% in diameter. Soft carbonate pellets composed mainly of aragonite needle mud settled as quartz spheres 60-25% in diameter.-from Authors
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SP - 27
EP - 36
JO - Scientific Computing and Instrumentation
JF - Scientific Computing and Instrumentation
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