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Sedimentology

a classification of sediment-water flows by sediment concentration and velocity into streamflow, hyperconcentrated flow and debris flow.

In sedimentology, Pierson-Costa flow classification refers to a classification of sediment-water flows by sediment concentration and velocity into streamflow, hyperconcentrated flow and debris flow. This meaning comes from Pierson (1987) in Reviews in Engineering Geology.[1]

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References

Pierson, T. C., & Costa, J. E. (1987). A rheologic classification of subaerial sediment-water flows. In Reviews in Engineering Geology (pp. 1-12). Geological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1130/reg7-p1

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