Sliding seeds can provide insight into devastating landslides and rock avalanches

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Nov 19, 2024, 1:24 pm11 pts
Researchers study how Champatis roll and bounce down inclines. The authors released a heap of the seeds down an inclined plane while a camera recorded their descent to analyze their speed and the dynamics of their movement. The grains start to spread out slowly, then decrease quickly as they move downstream,…

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