Sediment transport — is the movement of solid particles ( sediment ) due to the movement of the fluid in which they are immersed. This is typically studied in natural systems, where the particles are clastic rocks (sand, gravel, boulders, etc.) or clay, and the fluid … Wikipedia
sediment transport — The transport of eroded rock material by moving water or wind [16] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Sediment — Cobbles on a beach River Rhône flowing into Lake Geneva … Wikipedia
Sediment — Sédiment Le processus de sédimentation est d abord une loi physique, liée à la pesanteur.Des phénomènes biologiques peuvent l accélérer ou le réduire, intervenant notamment dans les cycles écologiques et biogéochimiques … Wikipédia en Français
sédiment — [ sedimɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1564; lat. sedimentum « dépôt », de sedere « être assis, séjourner » 1 ♦ Méd. Dépôt de matières en suspension ou en dissolution dans un liquide. Sédiment urinaire. 2 ♦ (1715) Ensemble constitué par la réunion de particules… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Sédiment — Le processus de sédimentation est d abord une loi physique, liée à la pesanteur. Des phénomènes biologiques peuvent l accélérer ou le réduire, intervenant notamment dans les cycles écologiques et biogéochimiques … Wikipédia en Français
Sediment und Sedimentgestein — Schichten alpinen Muschelkalks in der Partnachklamm bei Garmisch Partenkirchen Sandstein … Deutsch Wikipedia
transport between environmental compartments — This endpoint describes the distribution of a chemical between environmental compartments using fugacity based computer models. The results of the model algorithms provide an estimate of the amount of the chemical within a specific compartment.… … Petroleum refining glossary
sediment — Material, both mineral and organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by water, wind, ice or mass wasting and has come to rest on the earth s surface either above or below sea level.… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
transport — two types: In human geography, the movement of goods or people by vehicle In physical geography, the movement of sediment load by water, wind or ice … Geography glossary
Hydrological transport model — An hydrological transport model is a mathematical model used to simulate river or stream flow and calculate water quality parameters. These models generally came into use in the 1960s and 1970s when demand for numerical forecasting of water… … Wikipedia