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A penetrometer for use on water-covered beaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. N. Carruthers
J. N. Carruthers
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography
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Summary

Comments on the uses of penetrometers in general are followed by remarks upon an earlier one for use on dry beaches. Some discussion is given of the behaviour of beds of sand disturbed by shocks and converted thereby into a state of quasi-liquefaction. Finally, a description is given of a tall pull-down penetrometer which can be used on beaches covered by modest depths of water.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , October 1954 , pp. 637 - 643
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1954

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