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WINTERWERP, J. C. & VAN KESTEREN, W. G. M. 2004. Introduction to the Physics of Cohesive Sediment in the Marine Environment.

Developments in Sedimentology Series no. 56. xiii + 466 pp. Amsterdam: Elsevier. Price 120 Euros. £80.00 (hard covers). ISBN 0 444 51553 4.

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Most of the seabed is covered in mud. Muddy coasts occupy a very large proportion of the Tropics. Most of the stratigraphic record is made of mud rocks. Geochemical calculations indicate that at least 60% of all sediments are fine-grained. This dominance is, however, largely ignored in treatments of sedimentology and in textbooks on sediment transport mechanics. The reasons are not hard to discern: the materials are not amenable to study with the microscope or, in most cases, with the naked eye; information is extracted via laborious and time-consuming procedures; the mechanical behaviour of the material is made extremely complex by the tendency of the particles to stick together; and mud is very nutritious, supporting a rich biota which influences the . . . [Full Text of this Article]