Erodibility of cohesive sediments along the Nigerian transgressive mud coast: A preliminary experimental study

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Erodibility of cohesive sediments along the Nigerian transgressive mud coast: A preliminary experimental study

Rasheed ADESINA^1,²(), Olusegun DADA², Yinusa ASIWAJU-BELLO³, Zhiguo HE^1,*()

1. Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan Zhejiang　316021, China
2. Department of Marine Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure　340252, Nigeria
3. Department of Applied Geology, Federal University of Technology, Akure　340252, Nigeria

Received:2020-04-21 Online:2020-12-25 Published:2021-01-22
Contact: Zhiguo HE E-mail:rbadesina@zju.edu.cn;heziguo@zju.edu.cn

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Rasheed ADESINA, Olusegun DADA, Yinusa ASIWAJU-BELLO, Zhiguo HE. Erodibility of cohesive sediments along the Nigerian transgressive mud coast: A preliminary experimental study[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Science), 2020, 2020(S1): 120-124.

LOCATION	Moisture content/%	Organic content/%	pH	sand/%	silt/%	clay/%	Liquid Limit/%	Plastic Limit/%	Plasticity Index/%	Activity (PI/Clay fraction)	Dominant clay mineral
Gbabijo	60.1	11.6	7.39	10.1	50.5	39.4	39.9	32.6	7.3	0.19	Kaolinite
Ayetoro	58.5	14.3	7.2	13.1	44.8	32.1	54.1	40.7	13.4	0.42	Illite
Ilowo	68.7	14.8	7.14	10.2	68.1	21.3	43.2	37.9	5.8	0.27	Kaolinite

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