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sediment

Also known as geologic sediment, sediments, geologic sediments, geological sediment

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Research

96,538 papers

Arctic Continental-Shelf Sediment Dynamics.ReviewAnnual review of marine science · 2025Eidam EF, Stark N, Nienhuis JH et al.DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-040423-023827
Sediment impacts on marine sponges.ReviewMarine pollution bulletin · 2015Bell JJ, McGrath E, Biggerstaff A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.03.030
Metabolites of Marine Sediment-Derived Fungi: Actual Trends of Biological Activity Studies.ReviewMarine drugs · 2021Yurchenko AN, Girich EV, Yurchenko EADOI: 10.3390/md19020088
A Review of Potentially Toxic Elements in Sediment, Water, and Aquatic Species from the River Ecosystems.ReviewToxics · 2024Hossain MM, Jahan I, Dar MA et al.DOI: 10.3390/toxics13010026
Sediment oxygen uptake and hypoxia in coastal oceans, the Pearl River Estuary region.Water research · 2024Sun J, Yu L, Yang X et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122499
Bio-physical determinants of sediment accumulation on an offshore coral reef: A snapshot study.The Science of the total environment · 2023Tebbett SB, Schlaefer JA, Bowden CL et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165188
Freshwater invertebrate responses to fine sediment stress: A multi-continent perspective.Global change biology · 2024McKenzie M, Brooks A, Callisto M et al.DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17084
A snapshot of sediment dynamics on an inshore coral reef.Marine environmental research · 2022Schlaefer JA, Tebbett SB, Bowden CL et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105763

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Commons category: Sediments
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Article

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Contents

Classification
Grain size
Shape
Form
Roundness
Surface texture
Composition
Sediment transport
Fluvial processes
Aeolian processes: wind
Glacial processes
Mass balance
Shores and shallow seas
Key marine depositional environments
Environmental issues
Erosion and agricultural sediment delivery to rivers
Coastal development and sedimentation near coral reefs
Biological considerations
See also
References
Further reading

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Sediment is a solid material made of loose particles that is transported to a new location where it is deposited. It occurs naturally and, through the processes of weathering and erosion, is broken down and subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles. For example, sand and silt can be carried in suspension in river water and on reaching the sea bed deposited by sedimentation; if buried, they may eventually become sandstone and siltstone (sedimentary rocks) through lithification.