Physical behaviour of Cretaceous calcareous nannofossil ooze: Insight from flume studies of disaggregated chalk

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• ooze 100%
• nanofossil 86%
• chalk 78%
• Cretaceous 52%
• erosion 48%
• porosity 28%
• erosion rate 16%
• sediment wave 11%
• sedimentary feature 10%
• aggregate size 9%
• bottom current 9%
• ripple 9%
• reworking 8%
• resuspension 8%
• flocculation 8%
• suspended sediment 7%
• creep 7%
• sediment transport 7%
• shear stress 7%
• relief 6%
• particle size 5%
• Europe 5%
• sediment 3%