Can anyone provide information as to the method for a "Mathews hand test" to determine sediment thickness?

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Can anyone provide information as to the method for a "Matthews (Mathews?) hand test" to determine sediment thickness?

I'm looking for information on this method, but have not come accross it in much of the literature.

Thanks!

Please look at: https://books.google.ru/books?id=34J9CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT286&lpg=PT286&dq=%22Mathews+hand+test%22&source=bl&ots=mVmR4EP8zf&sig=ACfU3U1vGbO-7gmLP0QHsIJ0I-q4xevXcA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYofOK0tWGAxVahv0HHRhkAzQQ6AF6BAgJEAM

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