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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Modelling the Global Distribution of Beaching of Marine Plastic

Authors : Victor Onink, Charlotte Laufkötter

Published in: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

A simple parametrisation of beaching in Lagrangian simulations of floating marine plastic show that 92.7% of particles beach within 10 years. This indicates the coastlines are likely a significant sink for marine plastic debris.

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Metadata
Title
Modelling the Global Distribution of Beaching of Marine Plastic
Authors
Victor Onink
Charlotte Laufkötter
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-45908-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-45909-3

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_48