Ballistic Sorting
![](/sites/default/files/styles/embed_lg_1x/public/photos/Rebound_Schematic_Japanese.jpg?itok=TakO6_-E)
When a pebble hits a boulder it rebounds, whereas when it hits a sea of other pebbles it aggregates. Researchers term this process ‘ballistic sorting’.
When a pebble hits a boulder it rebounds, whereas when it hits a sea of other pebbles it aggregates. Researchers term this process ‘ballistic sorting’.
Date:
07 March 2017
Credit:
OIST
Copyright OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 沖縄科学技術大学院大学). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Tags
Research
Researchers