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 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 |
sediments, either in unconsolidated deposits or in sedimentary rocks. The degree of sorting is determined by the range of grain sizes in a sediment deposit... 4 KB (477 words) - 14:55, 1 March 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 |
A sediment basin is a temporary pond built on a construction site to capture eroded or disturbed soil that is washed off during rain storms, and protect... 4 KB (429 words) - 23:42, 30 January 2021 |
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 |
Fauna (redirect from List of sediment-dwelling animals) in the sediment as protection and may also have fed upon detritus or the mat of microbes which tended to grow on the surface of the sediment. Today,... 11 KB (1,205 words) - 21:58, 7 March 2024 |
River delta (redirect from Deltaic sediment) delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by the deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water.... 48 KB (5,795 words) - 03:48, 12 March 2024 |
Deposition (geology) (redirect from Deposition (sediment)) Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or landmass. Wind, ice, water, and gravity transport previously... 17 KB (2,174 words) - 20:10, 9 November 2023 |
Sedimental is an independent recording label based in Greenfield, Massachusetts releasing mainly experimental, sound art, noise, free jazz, avant garde... 1 KB (164 words) - 19:32, 21 December 2023 |
fluvial sediment processes or fluvial sediment transport are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by sediments. It can... 11 KB (1,276 words) - 20:01, 1 May 2024 |
A sediment control is a practice or device designed to keep eroded soil on a construction site, so that it does not wash off and cause water pollution... 6 KB (603 words) - 13:17, 6 October 2021 |
Fluvioglacial landform (redirect from Glaciofluvial sediments) associated erosion and deposition of sediments caused by glacial meltwater. Glaciers contain suspended sediment loads, much of which is initially picked... 36 KB (4,676 words) - 11:13, 11 February 2024 |
Erosion (section Submarine sediment gravity flows) weathering which involves no movement. Removal of rock or soil as clastic sediment is referred to as physical or mechanical erosion; this contrasts with chemical... 61 KB (6,925 words) - 10:23, 20 April 2024 |
Longshore drift (redirect from Longshore sediment transport) current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments (clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle, shells) along a coast parallel to... 18 KB (2,264 words) - 00:35, 29 March 2024 |
Sedimentation (redirect from Sedimenting) Sedimentation is the deposition of sediments. It takes place when particles in suspension settle out of the fluid in which they are entrained and come... 10 KB (1,707 words) - 09:37, 25 December 2023 |
Sedimentary structures (redirect from Sediment structures) structures include all kinds of features in sediments and sedimentary rocks, formed at the time of deposition. Sediments and sedimentary rocks are characterized... 13 KB (1,493 words) - 02:38, 4 December 2023 |
Lacustrine deposits (redirect from Lacustrine sediment) characteristic of lacustrine deposits is that a river or stream channel has carried sediment into the basin. Lacustrine deposits form in all lake types including rift... 4 KB (482 words) - 14:50, 18 December 2023 |
Suspended load (redirect from Suspended sediment) fluid, such as a river, is the portion of its sediment uplifted by the fluid's flow in the process of sediment transportation. It is kept suspended by the... 6 KB (672 words) - 23:40, 15 July 2023 |
Clastic rock (redirect from Clastic sediment) to sedimentary rocks and particles in sediment transport, whether in suspension or as bed load, and in sediment deposits. Clastic sedimentary rocks are... 21 KB (2,642 words) - 04:07, 17 February 2024 |
River (section Sediment yield) concept of the 'sediment delivery ratio' (ratio between yield and total amount of sediment eroded) indicates that not all of the sediment is eroded within... 39 KB (4,451 words) - 20:37, 3 March 2024 |
Biliary sludge (redirect from Biliary sediment) refers to a viscous mixture of small particles derived from bile. These sediments consist of cholesterol crystals, calcium salts, calcium bilirubinate,... 5 KB (376 words) - 13:48, 26 March 2024 |
Rain dust (redirect from Sediment precipitation) Rain dust or snow dust, traditionally known as muddy rain, red rain, or coloured rain, is a variety of rain (or any other form of precipitation) which... 6 KB (718 words) - 18:47, 5 February 2024 |
Sedimentary budget (redirect from Sediment budget) are a coastal management tool used to analyze and describe the different sediment inputs (sources) and outputs (sinks) on the coasts, which is used to predict... 25 KB (3,476 words) - 00:58, 16 November 2023 |
Urinary cast (redirect from Urine sediment) to describe the composition of the cast. Various casts found in urine sediment may be classified as: Main types of urinary casts: The most common type... 9 KB (1,095 words) - 03:39, 3 March 2023 |
Coastal sediment transport (a subset of sediment transport) is the interaction of coastal land forms to various complex interactions of physical processes... 7 KB (890 words) - 14:07, 5 March 2024 |
Burrow (redirect from Sediment burrowing) establishment of an invertebrate burrow often involves the soaking of surrounding sediment in mucus to prevent collapse and to seal off water flow. Examples of burrowing... 14 KB (1,732 words) - 04:27, 9 April 2024 |