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Science 6 October 1978:
Vol. 202. no. 4363, pp. 49 - 51
DOI: 10.1126/science.202.4363.49
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Microstructure of Agglomerated Suspended Sediments in Northern Chesapeake Bay Estuary

CHRISTOPHER F. ZABAWA 1

1 Department of Geology, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208

Suspended sediments in the turbidity maximum of Chesapeake Bay include composite particles which contain platy mineral grains, arranged both in pellets (attributable to fecal pelletization) and in networks of angular configuration (attributable to electrochemical flocculation and coagulation).

Submitted on April 25, 1978


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