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On the Investigation of the Mechanical Constitution of Loose Arenaceous Sediments by the method of Elutriation, with special reference to the Thanet Beds of the Southern Side of the London Basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Herbert Arthur Baker
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THE speeds of the currents employed in the elutriation process in sorting diversely sized material bear no relation whatever to the speeds of the currents, which are competent to transport the same material. The elutriation process in no way imitates the natural processes whereby sediments are transported, sorted, and deposited. The determination of competent velocities in relation to size of material transported is quite a distinct investigation, and one which still calls for much study in spite of the time and attention given to it by numerous workers.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 57 , Issue 10 , October 1920 , pp. 463 - 467
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1920

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page 464 note 1 Owens, , “Experiments on the Transporting Power of Sea Currents”: Geog. Journ., April, 1908, pp. 415–20.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

page 466 note 1 The highest Thanet Beds seen at Pegwell Bay really represent a fairly low level in the deposit, but these data are included here because they were used in the diagram (Fig. 8).