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Modelling the Global Distribution of Beaching of Marine Plastic

Springer Nature, (2020), 299-305
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_48
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Abstract

A simple parametrisation of beaching in Lagrangian simulations of floating marine plastic show that 92.7% of particles beach within 10 years. This indicates the coastlines are likely a significant sink for marine plastic debris.

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Onink, V., & Laufkötter, C. (2020). Modelling the Global Distribution of Beaching of Marine Plastic. In Springer Water (pp. 299–305). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_48

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