Sentence examples for sediments soil from inspiring English sources

Each bacterium is adapted to live in a particular environmental niche, be it oceanic surfaces, mud sediments, soil, or the surfaces of another organism.

The outer layer is porous and is mainly composed of silver chlorides (AgCl) together with sediments (soil markers).

Land morphology directly influences surface water flow, transport of sediments, soil genesis, local climate and vegetation distribution.

Colloids and nanoparticles (generally defined as particles of <1 μm in diameter) are widespread throughout the Earth's surface, in sediments, soil, rivers, oceans, and groundwater (Sholkovitz et al. [1994]; Degueldre et al. [2000]; Hochella et al. [2008]).

However, in Ghana studies on assessment of mercury levels in water, sediments, soil, food crops, fish and some human tissues have been carried out in different areas (Amonoo-Neizer et al. 1996; Adimado and Baah 2002; Golow and Adzei 2002; Bannerman et al. 2003; Bonzongo et al. 2003; Babut et al. 2003; Golow and Mingle 2002; Donkor et al. 2006).

This paper shows that kinetic Vibrio fischeri luminescence inhibition test – Flash Assay – that up to now was mainly used for toxicity analysis of solid and colored environmental samples (e.g. sediments, soil suspensions), is a powerful tool for screening the toxic properties of NPs.

At higher elevations and in moister areas, different sediments, soils and molluscan assemblages existed at the same time.

Sediments (soils and sands) are composed of aggregation of individual grains that have varying density, volume, shape and orientation.

Endocrine disrupting compounds are found in various environmental compartments such as water, sediments, soils and atmosphere, as a result of their wide usage.

Under aerobic conditions (in the presence of molecular oxygen), a cluster of physiological reactions prevails that impacts the geochemical status of waters, sediments, soils, and the atmosphere.

Lake and mire sediments, soils, and the deposits accumulating in archaeological features, invariably contain plant and fungal remains, particularly pollen and spores.