Sentence examples for basin sediments from inspiring English sources

In the central basin, sediments are generally fine-grained, suggesting a distal fluvial or glacifluvial origin from European rivers.

Basin sediments overlie Gondwanan basement and vary in thickness from a few kilometers on the stable shelf to more than 16 km in the foredeep.

Basin sediments produced by catchment-alluvial fan systems may record past climate over a variety of timescales, and could offer unique information about how climate controls sedimentation.

Geotechnical soil index properties of the Ulleung Basin sediments, including grain size distribution, porosity, water content, Atterberg limits, specific gravity, and specific surface area, were experimentally determined.

The present study was developed to assess variations in heavy metal concentrations in river basin sediments, to identify the geochemical carriers of these elements, and determine the influence of water quality and organic matter on their distribution.

We compile field data collected along the eastern part of the North Pyrenean Zone (NPZ) to point to a tectonic evolution under peculiar thermal conditions applying to the basin sediments in relation with the opening of the Cretaceous Pyrenean rift.

Following the uplift of the Southern Carnarvon Basin (sediment source), the stratigraphic evolution of the Barrow Group developed in three stages.

We propose that sediment storage within sinkholes is controlled by several factors including sinkhole drainage area, sinkhole morphology, and basin sediment yield.

Seismic data do not fully penetrate the entire basin sediment fill but the structure and topography of bedrock can be inferred from magnetometer data.

Quantification of the volumes of sediment removed by rock slope failure and debris flows and identification of their coupling and controls are pertinent to understanding mountain basin sediment yield and landscape evolution.

Radiocarbon ages from basin sediment cores indicate that larger, canyon-flushing turbidity currents reaching the Iberian Abyssal Plain have a significantly longer average recurrence interval than turbidity currents that fill the canyon.