Effects of turbulent aggregation on clay floc breakup and implications for the oceanic environment

• Matthew J. Rau ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew J. Rau, Steven G. Ackleson, Geoffrey B. Smith

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mjr79@engr.psu.edu

  Affiliation Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7346-9262

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• Steven G. Ackleson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew J. Rau, Steven G. Ackleson, Geoffrey B. Smith

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Remote Sensing Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C., United States of America

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• Geoffrey B. Smith

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew J. Rau, Steven G. Ackleson, Geoffrey B. Smith

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Remote Sensing Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C., United States of America

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