Pelagic sediment or pelagite is a fine-grained sediment that accumulates as the result of the settling of particles to the floor of the open ocean, far... 9 KB (919 words) - 20:09, 1 March 2023 |
The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean and can be further divided into regions by depth. The word pelagic is derived from Ancient... 14 KB (1,445 words) - 07:29, 8 April 2024 |
Sedimentation (redirect from Sedimenting) (0.12 in) for pelagic sediment to several meters per year in portions of major river deltas. However, long-term accumulation of sediments is determined... 10 KB (1,707 words) - 09:37, 25 December 2023 |
Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of... 22 KB (2,829 words) - 01:47, 17 March 2024 |
Pelagic red clay, also known as simply red clay, brown clay or pelagic clay, is a type of pelagic sediment. Pelagic clay accumulates in the deepest and... 3 KB (394 words) - 14:54, 1 August 2019 |
Sediment transport is the movement of solid particles (sediment), typically due to a combination of gravity acting on the sediment, and the movement of... 56 KB (8,276 words) - 00:13, 20 April 2024 |
Carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (section By sediment type) used in analysing sediments and soil including soil organic matter and soil amendments such as compost. In the analysis of sediments, C/N ratios are a... 17 KB (2,254 words) - 10:36, 14 April 2024 |
Hemipelagic sediments are deposited on continental shelves and continental rises, and differ from pelagic sediment compositionally. Pelagic sediment is composed... 8 KB (864 words) - 22:52, 21 January 2023 |
Microfossil (section Freshwater sediments) a type of biogenic pelagic sediment located on the deep ocean floor. Siliceous oozes are the least common of the deep sea sediments, and make up approximately... 61 KB (6,330 words) - 03:19, 16 February 2024 |
Continental shelf (section Sediments) centimetres (5.9–15.7 in) every millennium, much faster than deep-sea pelagic sediments. "Shelf seas" are the ocean waters on the continental shelf. Their... 23 KB (2,595 words) - 17:21, 4 April 2024 |
Sedimentary rock (redirect from Sediment bed) settle in place. The particles that form a sedimentary rock are called sediment, and may be composed of geological detritus (minerals) or biological detritus... 63 KB (7,683 words) - 02:31, 19 April 2024 |
Pelagic fish live in the pelagic zone of ocean or lake waters—being neither close to the bottom nor near the shore—in contrast with demersal fish that... 74 KB (8,432 words) - 12:13, 9 April 2024 |
of pelagic sediments Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 13 (1958), pp. 153-212 Dymond, Jack; Suess, Erwin; Lyle, Mitch (1992). "Barium in Deep-Sea Sediment: A... 44 KB (5,080 words) - 17:25, 26 January 2024 |
Ocean thermal energy conversion Oceanography Outline of oceanography Pelagic sediment Sea surface microlayer Sea surface temperature Seawater Science On... 1 KB (119 words) - 00:52, 23 May 2023 |
variability. Pelagic sediments Biogenous Ooze Pinet 1996, p. 79. Pinet 1996, pp. 79–83. Earle, Steven (23 September 2019). "18.3 Sea-Floor Sediments". Archived... 4 KB (430 words) - 03:34, 8 May 2023 |
Manganese nodule (section Sediment laden plumes) stability of a geochemically active layer that forms at the seabed. Pelagic sediment type and seabed bathymetry (or geomorphology) likely influence the... 51 KB (6,220 words) - 21:25, 6 April 2024 |
Demersal zone (redirect from Bentho-pelagic zone) light penetrates. The distinction between demersal species of fish and pelagic species is not always clear cut. The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a typical... 6 KB (755 words) - 22:53, 1 October 2022 |
biomass, exported as organic carbon to another system, or accumulated in sediments or soils. Carbon classified as NEP can be in the form of particles in... 5 KB (568 words) - 11:47, 30 October 2023 |
animals are not preserved. Carbonate particles cannot accumulate in the sediments where the sea floor is below this depth. Calcite is the least soluble... 11 KB (1,363 words) - 16:25, 7 December 2023 |
used as one factor in evaluating a petroleum play. For marine surface sediments average TOC content is 0.5% in the deep ocean, and 2% along the eastern... 30 KB (3,930 words) - 15:16, 9 January 2024 |