Critical shear stresses for erosion of alluvial shale particles were investigated in a laboratory flume. Tests in the incipient motion conditions of individual particles showed that entrainment of shale bed particles takes place at mean shear stress values 40–50% smaller than other types of non-cohesive and coarse granular material. The low density and platy shape of the shale particles may induce high lift forces, which would account for a decrease in the resistance to erosion of shale channels and greater rates of bed-load transport.
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Magalhães et al. (1983) studied this question.
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