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• Sediment-water interface — In oceanography and limnology, the sediment water interface is the boundary between bed sediment and the overlying water column. The topography of this interface is often dynamic, as it is affected by physical processes (e.g. currents causing… …   Wikipedia

• Sediment Profile Imagery — (SPI) is an underwater technique for photographing the interface between the seabed and the overlying water. The technique is used to measure or estimate biological, chemical, and physical processes occurring in the first few centimetres of… …   Wikipedia

• Sediment transport — is the movement of solid particles ( sediment ) due to the movement of the fluid in which they are immersed. This is typically studied in natural systems, where the particles are clastic rocks (sand, gravel, boulders, etc.) or clay, and the fluid …   Wikipedia

• Sediment trap — Sediment traps are instruments used in oceanography to measure the quantity of sinking particulate organic (and inorganic) material in aquatic systems, usually oceans. This flux of material is the product of biological and ecological processes… …   Wikipedia

• sediment — ► NOUN 1) matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. 2) Geology material carried in particles by water or wind and deposited on the land surface or seabed. ► VERB ▪ settle or deposit as sediment. DERIVATIVES sedimentation noun. ORIGIN Latin …   English terms dictionary

• sediment — [sed′ə mənt] n. [Fr sédiment < L sedimentum < sedere, to SIT] 1. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid 2. Geol. matter deposited by water or wind sedimental [sed′əment′ l] adj …   English World dictionary

• Water quality modelling — involves the prediction of water pollution using mathematical simulation techniques. A typical water quality model consists of a collection of formulations representing physical mechanisms that determine position and momentum of pollutants in a… …   Wikipedia

• Sediment — Sed i*ment, n. [F. s[ e]diment, L. sedimentum a settling, fr. sedere to sit, to settle. See {Sit}.] 1. The matter which subsides to the bottom, from water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) The material of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sediment — Cobbles on a beach River Rhône flowing into Lake Geneva …   Wikipedia

• Water pollution — Raw sewage and industrial waste flows across international borders New River passes from Mexicali to Calexico, California. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater). Water p …   Wikipedia

• Water Resources Development Act of 1992 — The Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (WRDA 1992), USPL|102|580, was enacted by Congress of the United States on October 31, 1992. [ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi bin/bdquery/D?d102:1:./temp/ bdMCKV:@@@D summ2=m |/bss/d102query.html||Public… …   Wikipedia