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Rice University

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Rice University postdoctoral researcher Hongbo Ma holds sand from the Mississippi River, left, and silt from China's Yellow River. Ma led a study that showed particle size controls how sediment moves in flowing rivers changes dramatically when the grains are about 150 microns in size.

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