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How River Rocks Round: Resolving the Shape-Size Paradox
River-bed sediments display two universal downstream trends: fining, in which particle size decreases; and rounding, where pebble shapes evolve toward ellipsoids. Rounding is known to result from transport-induced abrasion; however many researchers argue that the contribution of abrasion to downstre...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922984/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24533132 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088657 |