Sentence examples for amounts of silt from inspiring English sources

Another major criticism was that large amounts of silt were being deposited into the reservoirs.

Desert sands in Iran, which usually contain small amounts of silt and sulfate, do not have significant strength, and thus, are not suitable for foundations or road construction.

Detective Mark Coleman, of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, said rescue divers found large amounts of silt inside the ship, which would have made it difficult for the men to find their way out.

The erosional forces of the sea and wind along the coast continuously mould the landscape, together with the huge amounts of silt and other sediments, deposited in the countless estuaries, visible in the water.

The cutoff mixture is prepared by mixing sand with specific amounts of silt, bentonite, cement bypass, and adding enough water to achieve the adequate slump required for workability.

In a telephone news conference, Mr. Salazar said the releases would be timed for when storms or snowmelt have carried large amounts of silt just downriver from the dam.

The lithologic definition of shale is a rock consisting of extremely fine-grained particles to variable amounts of silt-size particles with a wide range in mineral composition (clay, quartz, feldspar, heavy minerals, etc).

The composition is dominated by fine sericite clay with subordinate amounts of silt-sized chert and dolomite grains.

A small amount of silt is also being washed out to areas around the mouth of the Lower New York Bay.

The two most important considerations are the amount of silt carried and the kind and amount of salts dissolved in the water.

A study by the commission also questioned the dam's long-term effectiveness because of the large amount of silt in the river.