Cohesive Sediment Properties and Processes with David Perkey, Jarrell Smith and Danielle Tarpley

About this episode

This episode discusses the properties and processes of cohesive sediments with experts in the field.

So far on this podcast we've generally used the noun "sediment" to describe sand, gravel, and maybe cobbles and boulders. But the same word also gets used for silts, clays, and muds - materials that behave so differently that lumping them together as "sediment" can blur important distinctions. This podcast was overdue for a conversation about fine sediment, and I knew exactly who I wanted to talk to. In the notebook where I track episode ideas, I labeled this one the “ERDC Cohesive Brai...

People in this episode

Host: Stanford Gibson

Guests: David Perkey, Jarrell Smith, Danielle Tarpley

Topics covered

• cohesive sediment
• fine sediment
• sediment properties
• sediment processes
• earth science

Keywords

• sediment
• cohesive sediment
• fine sediment
• earth science
• sediment properties
• sediment processes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ERDC

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