Using mixed siliciclastic-bioclastic sediments as a natural analogue for plastic-rich systems

Mixed siliciclastic-bioclastic sediments and systems could represent useful analogues for understanding the behaviour and impact of plastic sediments in natural environments. Integration of knowledge derived from various mixed systems can enhance our understanding of depositional processes, bedform morphology, and sedimentary particles (sensu latu) distribution. Similarities in how the two heterogenous particles composing siliciclastic-bioclastic and lithoclastic-plasticlastic mixed sediments respond to depositional processes suggest that it could be worth investigating if and how knowledges coming from the two systems can benefit each other.