Sentence examples for deposition of sediments from inspiring English sources
Two depositional processes combining the formation of obstacle marks and upstream-shifting deposition of sediments led to the vertical accretion of the vegetated bar.
The rough sections are caused by surface melt on the glacier, largely a result of aeolian deposition of sediments from high winds.
The surrounding region is a continuation of the valley of Mesopotamia and was formed by the deposition of sediments eroded from the Zagros Mountains.
In the steadily opening, though still restricted, ocean basins, there was a continuous accumulation of thick flood basalts and a subsequent deposition of sediments.
Burial can occur in response either to ongoing deposition of sediments above the sample or tectonic loading brought about, for example, by thrust-faulting or large-scale folding of the region.
An experiment was conducted in March 2008, in which water equivalent to about 40 percent of the river's original flow was released from Glen Canyon Dam for a period of 60 hours to measure the erosion and deposition of sediments along the river.
Bed sediment altimeter data highlighted different sedimentation patterns at the two sites; near constant deposition of sediment occurred near the breach resulting in 15.2 cm of sediment being accreted over the one year monitoring period, whereas periodic accretion and erosion of sediment occurred inland leading to 2.7 cm of net accretion.
In some floodplains, e.g. those of the Amazon River, sedimentation rates can be extremely high and the deposition of sediment can decrease soil aeration and thus favour oxygen shortage in the rhizosphere (Wittmann et al., 2004; Wittmann and Parolin, 2005).
In all instances, energy available for erosion, transportation, and deposition of sediment varies greatly over time.
The researchers, writing in the journal Science, suggest that the landform is the remnant of a delta, formed by the deposition of sediment from a slow-moving river.
The bottom morphology of a lake can be greatly influenced by deposition of sediment carried by inflowing rivers and streams.
