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WHEN the flow of fluid over a plane bed of loose grains is increased from zero, a condition is reached where a few grains move. This is known as the threshold of grain movement. This report describes the determination of the threshold under flows of water and oil for beds of mineral grains of uniform size with diameters between 20 and 200 µm.
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WHITE, S. Plane Bed Thresholds of Fine Grained Sediments. Nature 228, 152–153 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228152a0
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