Sentence examples for as sink for from inspiring English sources

Once formed, the kettle hole depressions were very effective as sediment traps and acted as sink for materials washed in from the surrounding slopes or from more distant wind-blown sources.

The findings highlight the role of substrates subjected to enhanced condensation such as cobbles and stones, implying that they may serve as sink for nutrients, and may provide an additional explanation for the relatively high plant cover and high species composition in the Negev Highlands.

Among other aquatic organisms, macroalgae have proven to be efficient in monitoring and sorption of metals because they act as sink for metals (Montazer-Rahmati et al. 2011; Lee and Park 2012).

Nevertheless, EPS act as sink for Hg II) from point source of pollution, displaying variety of sorption/incorporation sites that influence the transport and fate of Hg in aquatic environment.

For instance, Sun et al. [22] studied emission patterns in the EU in 2014 of TiO2 NP, ZnO NP, Ag NP, and CNTs considering landfills, sediments, and soil as sink for NP.

Environmental impacts of economic activities create degraded natural ecosystems by over utilization of nature's provisioning ecosystem services (from Himalaya to the Ocean), as well, by the use of the natural environment as sink for dumping of unmarketable products or unused inputs of economic activities.

Trees act as "sinks" for carbon dioxide they absorb it from the atmosphere through photosynthesis.

All designs functioned as sinks for N, P, sediment, and total Hg (THg).

Such nanovoids are likely to act as sinks for mobile fission products during reactor operation.

Wetlands are well known to act as sinks for sediment and chemicals in the landscape.

In contrast, the voided epitaxial TiN(111) columnar surfaces, as well as the TiN 001) facets, act as sinks for SiNy.