Sediment transport is the movement of solid particles (sediment), typically due to a combination of gravity acting on the sediment, and the movement of...
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Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of...
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Sedimentation (redirect from Sedimenting)
sedimentary rock, from initial erosion through sediment transport and settling to the lithification of the sediments. However, the strict geological definition...
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fluvial sediment processes or fluvial sediment transport are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by sediments. It can...
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Sedimentary rock (redirect from Sediment bed)
and can transport heavier clastic material. Besides transport by water, sediment can be transported by wind or glaciers. Sediment transported by wind...
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Coastal sediment transport (a subset of sediment transport) is the interaction of coastal land forms to various complex interactions of physical processes...
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Longshore drift (redirect from Longshore sediment transport)
Offshore transport Deposition of sediment on shore Gullies through the land This sediment then enters the coastal system and is transported by longshore...
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Swash (section Sediment transport)
to result in net onshore sediment transport. If the beachface is steeper than the equilibrium gradient, the sediment transport is dominated by the backwash...
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Okavango River (section Sediment transport)
28,000 tonnes of suspended sediment and a similar amount of bedload to the terminal swamps. Most of the particulate sediment carried by the river is fine...
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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...
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