The effects of bioturbation on the initiation of motion of intertidal sands

Authors

W. D. Grant, Department of Ocean Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, U.S.A.
L. F. Boyer, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, U.S.A.
L. P. Sanford, Department of Ocean Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, U.S.A.

Abstract

The results of laboratory flume experiments on initiation of sediment motion in natural marine sediments (fine sand) are reported. Sediment cores were taken from an intertidal region during all seasons of the year over a four-year period….

Recommended Citation

Grant, W. D., L. F. Boyer, and L. P. Sanford. 1982. "The effects of bioturbation on the initiation of motion of intertidal sands." Journal of Marine Research 40, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1603