Sentence examples for sediments is less from inspiring English sources

The S-wave velocity in the sediments is less than 1.0 km/s (e.g., Sekiguchi et al. 2016).

Berner and Rsaisewell (1983) suggested that S/TOC ratio of fresh water sediments is less than that in marine sediments.

Apparently, the scavenging process with precipitated materials and/or resuspended sediments is less effective for uranium.

The influence on the vegetated black sediments is less, and the influence on the non-vegetated sediments is the least.

Large positive offsets in δHg have been documented in estuarine sediments, and to a lesser extent in rocky streambeds where MMHg production in sediments is less likely to occur.

The upward increase in LSRs after ~ 250 ka is probably because near-surface sediments are less compacted.

For R we calibrated different values for the experimental data and for the ditch data (2.3 g m−3 d−1 and 3.3 g m−3 d−1), which is likely due to the fact that the microcosm sediments were less organic than the ditch sediments.

The vegetated yellow sediments were deeply affected by mangroves, but the vegetated black and non-vegetated sediments were less affected by mangroves.

Field observations and survey data showed that the farmers are able to remove the sediments from their farm land if the depth of the sediment is less than 1 m.

Using the various pollution indicators it was found that the river bed sediment is less contaminated by toxic metals during the study but the sediment quality may degrade in the near future due to increasing anthropogenic inputs in the river basin, hence proper management strategies are required to control the direct dumping of wastewater in the river.

Unlike for subaerial settings, the impact of subaqueous relay ramps on sediment dispersal and clastic sedimentation is less studied.