Sentence examples for major sedimentation from inspiring English sources

The Malm lithology is characterized by two major sedimentation cycles with marls and marly limestones in Malm alpha and gamma and predominantly limestones in Malm beta and delta/epsilon.

The combined effect of the Farakka Barrage and the GK Project has been to dramatically reduce water flow in the Gorai River and this has resulted in major sedimentation problems.

The Dainan Formation in the Gaoyou Depression was generated during two major sedimentation periods (E2 d 1 and E2 d 2), involving four main sedimentary facies, which include fan delta, delta, nearshore subaqueous fan, and lacustrine facies.

Since its formation, the area that comprises the park has experienced at least four major periods of extensive volcanism, three or four periods of major sedimentation, and several intervals of major tectonic deformation where the crust has been reshaped.

Sediment transport from one of the major sediment sources, the Gulf of Mexico, was studied to see the effects of this source on the total sedimentation in the ship channel.

This implies rapidly decelerating and slow currents to reduce bedload transport and lead to major direct sedimentation of the suspended load (as suggested by Ponce and Carmona (2011)).

A low bedload transport component and major direct sedimentation from suspended load during waning phases of the currents led to upstream migration of the crests under subcritical flow conditions.

The Sanguianga Mangrove National Park (SMNP), the largest mangrove reserve in Colombia, measuring 800 km2, lies in this former estuary, where major hydrologic and sedimentation changes are occurring.

Sea-level variations are the major factor controlling sedimentation as well as the biogeographic patterns at continental margins over late Quaternary times.

High resolution dating of floodplain vertical accretion deposits shows that large floods have frequently provided major increments of sedimentation on floodplains of tributaries and the main valley upper Mississippi River.

On the North Sea Plateau north of 59°N, the Upper Regional Unconformity (URU) is defined by a shift from westward to eastward dipping seismic reflectors, recording a major change in sedimentation, with the Shetland Platform becoming a significant source.