Sediment can be classified based on its grain size and / or its composition.

Sediment texture ( grain size and sorting ) is critical for success.

Sediment deposited by waves comes from eroded cliff faces and is moved along the coastline by the waves.

Sediment deposited by rivers is the dominant influence on the amount of sediment located on a coastline.

Sediment is transported along the coast in the direction of the prevailing current ( longshore drift ).

Sediment transported by wind is called aeolian and is always very well sorted, while sediment transported by a glacier is called glacial and is characterized by very poor sorting.

' Sediment is deposited on a small and steep alluvial fan.

Sediment, a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and / or by the force of gravity acting on the particle itself.

Sediment cytology – Here, the sample is collected from the fixative that was used for processing the biopsy or autopsy specimen.

Sediment is deposited as islands in the channel causing the river to split up into many winding channels.

Sediment in rivers is transported as either bedload ( the coarser fragments which move close to the bed ) or suspended load ( finer fragments carried in the water ).

Sediment ( loose soil ) washed off fields is the largest source of agricultural pollution in the United States.

Sediment from construction sites is managed by installation of:

Sediment resuspension is thus very important in the bioaccumulation process which aids the evaluation of possible adverse biological effects of sedimentary contaminants in marine and estuarine environments.

Sediment is transported in a west-to-east direction, and the beach at Zingst loses 40 cm annually.

Sediment eroded from the rolling hills of Chester County is carried into the White Clay, probably accounting for the creek's name.

A recommended approach for sediment testing is to apply the Sediment Quality Triad ( SQT ) which involves simultaneously examining sediment chemistry, toxicity, and field alterations so that more complete information can be gathered.

Sediment consisting of fine sand and silt is being deposited at the head of the Kaikoura Canyon with an estimated total volume of 0. 24 cubic kilometres accumulated.

Sediment supply is largely thought to be controlled by local climatic conditions and can vary rapidly.

Sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid.

( 2001 ), Sediment Distribution on Skeidararsandur, Southeast Iceland, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001

The Toutle River Sediment Retention Structure was built by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers on the river in 1989 to prevent this sediment from traveling downstream and clogging the shipping channel of the Columbia River.

Sediment accumulated on the new but slowly subsiding continental shelf all through the Paleozoic and into the Early Mesozoic.

Sediment core samples taken on Saint Paul show that tundra vegetation similar to that found on the island today has been present for at least 9, 000 years.

Sediment from the continent above cascades down the slope and accumulates as a pile of sediment at the base of the slope, called the continental rise.

Sediment deposited in this lake once covered Malheur Butte, and during the last 2 million years the Malheur River and other eroding forces slowly exposed and shaped today's landmark.

Sediment deposited by the lake with a hammer for scale.

Her piece called " Sediment " was used in the " cornucopia scene " of the 2012 movie The Hunger Games.

* Deformation tills – Sediment which has been disaggregated and ( usually ) homogenised by shearing in the sub glacial deformed layer.

Sediment often settles in intertidal mudflats which are extremely difficult to colonize.

Sediment which nourishes the east coast of New Zealand can be sourced from three different areas.

Sediment fines are suspended and reworked aerially offshore leaving behind lag deposits of mainly bivalve and gastropod shells separated out from the finer substrate beneath, waves and currents then heap these deposits to form chenier ridges throughout the tidal zone which tend to be forced up the foreshore profile but also along the foreshore.

Sediment samples from below the deep seafloor of the Mediterranean Sea, which include evaporite minerals, soils, and fossil plants, show that about 5. 96 million years ago in the late Miocene period the precursor of the Strait of Gibraltar closed tight, and the Mediterranean Sea, for the first time and then repeatedly, partially desiccated.

Sediment deposition can also be influenced by animal activity ; including the distribution of biochemical elements, which are elements that are found in organic organisms, such as phosphorus and sulfur.

Sediment surveys revealed that most of the bay had cleared and that fishing could resume by 9 February.

Sediment transport by wind and water.

and Bradley, J. B. ( eds ), The Physics of Sediment Transport, A Collection of Hallmark Papers by R. A. Bagnold.

Sediment deposition can occur when marsh species provide a surface for the sediment to adhere to, followed by deposition onto the marsh surface when the sediment flakes off at low tide.

Examples of surficial lithology classifications used by the US Geological Survey are, " Glacial Till, Loamy ", " Saline Lake Sediment ", and " Eolian Sediment, Coarse-Textured ( Sand Dunes )".

Sediment can also be produced and deposited by simple gravitational collapse, glacier ice, and wind.

Sediment mixing can be recognized by the presence of a high proportion of ' milky quartz ' that is highly characteristic of sands and gravels deposited by the River Rhine.