USGS · 70047827
Visual accumulation tube for size analysis of sands
Abstract
Size analysis of sand fractions of suspended sediment and bed material samples; analysis is based on stratified sedimentation system in which sample is introduced at top of transparent settling tube containing distilled water; direct visual tracing of height of sediment accumulation in contracted section at bottom of tube.
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B.C. Colby, R.P. Christensen. 1956. Visual accumulation tube for size analysis of sands. https://doi.org/10.1061/jyceaj.0000025
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