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Sediment accumulation is where sediment accumulates generally in the point of the lowest elevation. If sediment is in a river generally the sediment will accumulate at the mouth of the delta when entering the marine environment (proximal to distal).
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoSediment is fine particles carried in a liquid... such as sand in a river. It gets carried along when the river is flowing swiftly, but if the water slwos down enough, such as in a lake, or at a dam, the sediment stops moving as swiftly as it had been and settles to the bottom of the waterway. This eventually builds up as time passes and more and more sediment is deposited. In the case of dams they can stop functioning properly, and in the case of lakes they can spread out over a larger area.
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∙ 11y agoParticles of earth and other debris suspended in water (in a river for example) succumb to gravity as the speed of the water slows. This allows the particles to settle on the river bed - and build up a layer of sediment.
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What is a rock formed by layers of sediment?
This would be a sedimentary rock, a more precise name would require the size of the sand and mud grains as well as the amount of sand and mud, and if there are any fossils, or siliceous or carbonate cementing of grains.
How does basalt turn to sandstone?
Basalt is eroded to sand by wind and rain. The sand accumulates in ocean sediment and experiences great pressures over time. After a sufficiently long time, and uplift reveals what had been sand and has become sandstone.
what happens when sediments builds over time?
everyone will die
Describe the sequence of events in the formation of a sandstone?
The formation of sandstone involves two principal stages. First, a layer or layers of sand accumulates as the result of sedimentation, and then the sand becomes sandstone when it is compacted by pressure of overlying deposits.
What part of speech is sediment?
Sediment is a noun.
What occurs where continental slope levels off and sediment accumulates?
Continental rise is what occurs where continental slope levels off and sediment accumulates. Continental rise can be shallow or deep and can occur at any level.
When dry sediment accumulates the angle of repose represents what property of the deposit?
k
What is islands that form at the rivers mouth as the speed of the water current slows and sediment accumulates?
Delta
When alluvium accumulates as a long curving deposit of sediment on the inside of a stream meander it is called?
Point Bar
What adaptations do glassworts have?
They have fleshy succulent stems- store water.. no leaves, tolerants grazing and sediment accumulates around it
What makes river valley fertile?
The sediment that accumulates on the bottom of the river over time- dead leaves, organisms, and anything that can break down in water.
What makes a river valley fertile?
The sediment that accumulates on the bottom of the river over time- dead leaves, organisms, and anything that can break down in water.
What is a rock formed by layers of sediment?
This would be a sedimentary rock, a more precise name would require the size of the sand and mud grains as well as the amount of sand and mud, and if there are any fossils, or siliceous or carbonate cementing of grains.
What makes a river firtile?
The sediment that accumulates on the bottom of the river over time- dead leaves, organisms, and anything that can break down in water.
How does basalt turn to sandstone?
Basalt is eroded to sand by wind and rain. The sand accumulates in ocean sediment and experiences great pressures over time. After a sufficiently long time, and uplift reveals what had been sand and has become sandstone.
what happens when sediments builds over time?
everyone will die
What is the liquid that accumulates in the abdomen called?
Liquid that accumulates in the abdomen is called ascites.
