sediment transport
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsedimentandtransport
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sediment
noun
uk/ˈsed.ɪ.mənt/us/ˈsed.ə.mənt/
a soft substance that is like a wet powder and consists of very small pieces of a solid material that have fallen to the bottom of ...
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transport
noun
uk/ˈtræn.spɔːt/us/ˈtræn.spɔːrt/
the movement of people or goods from one place ...
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(Definition ofsedimentandtransportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsediment transport
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In general,sedimenttransportcan be composed of both suspended loads and bedloads.
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Using the potential flow solution for the flow over the perturbed bed, he relates thesedimenttransportto the local fluid velocity.
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The author has not been ambitious to advance general understanding ofsedimenttransportor river catchment hydraulics.
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Unlike many discussions on sediment-filled fissure systems, there is no problem concerning the direction ofsedimenttransportinto the fissures.
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Thesedimenttransportin these beds again indicates flow directions to the south and southeast.
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This local discontinuity is an inherent defect of the simplesedimenttransportmodel valid only for small h/x.
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The nature of the surface is therefore important tosedimenttransport.
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Nevertheless, this is an excellent book that demands to be in all geological libraries and owned by teachers and researchers insedimenttransport.
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While a useful scientific record, it was not possible to link the historic meteorological data tosedimenttransport.
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Predictions of the revised flow model prove the inadequacies of conventional potential-flow models incorporating explicit phase lags betweensedimenttransportand local flow conditions.
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However,sedimenttransportprogressively removes the mechanically weak minerals to leave predominantly quartz and other volumetrically limited resistant minerals.
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In figure 2, (8) is compared with some experiments in which the suspended load was a dominating part of the totalsedimenttransport.
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Sedimenttransportin the submarine section, s(t) 6 x 6 u(t), is dominated by avalanche processes.
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Thesedimenttransportin these beds indicates flow directions to the south and southeast.
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Sedimenttransportin the fluvial section is diffusional.
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Twosedimenttransportmodels were considered: suspended load and vortex load, which accounts for suspensions in vortices shed over ripples.
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These expressions have been widely used in calculations involving problems such assedimenttransportand wave attenuation over beds of sand.
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Subsequent linearization of the equations then facilitates the adoption of a steady-state expression forsedimenttransportin the analyses.
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