BIOGENIC INFLUENCES ON THE FORMATION AND LONG-TERM DYNAMICS OF COHESIVE SEDIMENTS

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    摘要 Biogenicstabilizationprocessesthatresultintheformationofbiofilmsandinterparticle-networkscansignificantlyalterthetransportcharacteristicsoffinegrainedsedimentlayers.Theincreaseinthethresholdofsedimentmotioncanamounttouptoseveralhundredpercent.Whileplancticorganismsareinvolvedintheformationofdepositingflocsandtheearlystagesofconsolidation,thesecondaryconsolidationiscontrolledbymicrobialbreakdownprocesses,leadingtochangesinthemechanicalpropertiesofcohesivesediments.Whiletheprimarystageofconsolidationiscompletedindays,thesecondaryprocessescanlastfordecades.Apreliminaryseriesoferosiontestsinanannularflumerevealeddemonstratedthebiogenicimpactintheearlystagesofsedimentformation.Surrogatematerialswereusedtosimulatethegoverningpropertiesofnaturalsoftsediments.
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    出版日期 2001年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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