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Tendency for particles in suspension to settle down
Sedimentation is the deposition of sediments. It takes place when particles in suspension settle out of the fluid in which they are entrained and come
Sedimentation
Topics referred to by the same term
Sedimentation rate may refer to: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, a medical test for inflammation Rate of sedimentation (geology), thickness of sediment
Sedimentation_rate
Tendency of a particle to settle out of suspension during centrifugation
In chemistry, the sedimentation coefficient (s) of a particle characterizes its sedimentation (tendency to settle out of suspension) during centrifugation
Sedimentation_coefficient
Physiological quantity
The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR or sed rate) is the rate at which red blood cells in anticoagulated whole blood descend in a standardized tube
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Erythrocyte_sedimentation_rate
State in which a suspension's settling rate is the same as its diffusion rate
Sedimentation equilibrium in a suspension of different particles, such as molecules, exists when the rate of transport of each material in any one direction
Sedimentation_equilibrium
Sedimentation potential occurs when dispersed particles move under the influence of either gravity or centrifugation or electricity in a medium. This
Sedimentation_potential
Water treatment process using gravity to remove suspended solids from water
The physical process of sedimentation (the act of depositing sediment) has applications in water treatment, whereby gravity acts to remove suspended solids
Sedimentation (water treatment)
Sedimentation_(water_treatment)
Non-SI unit for sedimentation coefficients
metric unit for sedimentation coefficients. The Svedberg unit offers a measure of a particle's size indirectly based on its sedimentation rate under acceleration
Svedberg
Wastewater treatment structure
settling pond or decant pond is an earthen or concrete structure using sedimentation to remove settleable matter and turbidity from wastewater. The basins
Settling_basin
Environmental management projects aiming to restore land-building processes in deltas
Sedimentation enhancing strategies are environmental management projects aiming to restore and facilitate land-building processes in deltas. Sediment
Sedimentation enhancing strategy
Sedimentation_enhancing_strategy
Personality traits reflected in language
(also known as the fundamental lexical hypothesis, lexical approach, or sedimentation hypothesis) generally includes two postulates: 1. Those personality
Lexical_hypothesis
Process of removing impurities from water
methods. The methods used include physical processes such as filtration, sedimentation, and distillation; biological processes such as slow sand filters or
Water_purification
A sediment basin is a temporary pond built on a construction site to capture eroded or disturbed soil that is washed off during rain storms, and protect
Sediment_basin
Method of separating particles in a mixture
separate organelles and other sub-cellular particles based on their sedimentation rate. Although often applied in biological analysis, differential centrifugation
Differential_centrifugation
Particulate solid matter deposited on a planetary surface
suspension in river water and on reaching the sea bed deposited by sedimentation; if buried, they may eventually become sandstone and siltstone (sedimentary
Sediment
Settling tanks for continuous removal of solids being deposited by sedimentation
mechanical means for continuous removal of solids being deposited by sedimentation. A clarifier is generally used to remove solid particulates or suspended
Clarifier
Volcano in Bali, Indonesia
made Mount Batur Caldera a part of the Global Geoparks Network. Heavy sedimentation in Mount Batur Caldera decreases the water in the lake. A plan was devised
Mount_Batur
Process in which contaminants and sedimentation are removed from stormwater runoff
Bioretention is the process in which contaminants and sedimentation are removed from stormwater runoff. The main objective of the bioretention cell is
Bioretention
Powder made from the grinding of wheat used for human consumption
variety of specialized instruments, such as the farinograph. The Zeleny sedimentation value is a measurement of how much of the flour sediments during a set
Wheat_flour
Property of a soil
combined with the data from a sedimentation analysis to establish a complete particle size distribution of the sample. Sedimentation analysis (e.g. pipette method
Soil_texture
Geological structure bounded by a fault along one side of its boundaries
93 mi) long. Four zones of sedimentation can be defined in a half-graben. The first is "escarpment margin" sedimentation, found along the major border
Half-graben
Large molecular machine for synthesizing proteins from messenger RNA
Eukaryotic ribosomes are also known as 80S ribosomes, referring to their sedimentation coefficients in Svedberg units, because they sediment faster than the
Eukaryotic_ribosome
Rock formed by the deposition and cementation of particles
detritus)—that have been accumulated or deposited at Earth's surface. Sedimentation is any process that causes these particles to settle in place. Geological
Sedimentary_rock
Island of volcanic origin
to distinguish such islands from low islands, which are formed from sedimentation or the uplifting of coral reefs (which have often formed on sunken volcanoes)
Volcanic_island
Sediment processes associated with rivers and streams
Hjulström curve: the velocities of currents required for erosion, transportation, and deposition (sedimentation) of sediment particles of different sizes
Fluvial_sediment_processes
National park in Croatia
century-old processes and the sedimentation of chalk, which is abundantly available in the waters of this karst area. These sedimentations are called tufa or travertine
Plitvice_Lakes_National_Park
Chemical process leading to the settling of an insoluble solid from a solution
In an aqueous solution, precipitation is the "sedimentation of a solid material (a precipitate) from a liquid solution". The solid formed is called the
Precipitation_(chemistry)
Mixture of an insoluble substance microscopically dispersed throughout another substance
suspension. The colloidal particles are said to be in sedimentation equilibrium, if the rate of sedimentation is equal to the rate of movement from Brownian
Colloid
analytical ultracentrifuge (commonly abbreviated as AUC), a sample’s sedimentation profile is monitored in real time by an optical detection system. The
Analytical ultracentrifugation
Analytical_ultracentrifugation
Sewage treatment plant in Newham, East London
completed. This comprised detritus removal, a screen house, primary sedimentation tanks, a diffused-air activated sludge plant, and sludge digestion.
Beckton Sewage Treatment Works
Beckton_Sewage_Treatment_Works
Buoyant density centrifugation (also isopycnic centrifugation or equilibrium density-gradient centrifugation) uses the concept of buoyancy to separate
Buoyant density centrifugation
Buoyant_density_centrifugation
Transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not an active plate margin
lithosphere that is not an active plate margin. A passive margin forms by sedimentation above an ancient rift, now marked by transitional lithosphere. Continental
Passive_margin
Converting wastewater into an effluent for return to the water cycle
processes in wastewater treatment include phase separation, such as sedimentation, various biological and chemical processes, such as oxidation, and polishing
Wastewater_treatment
Long and narrow depressions of the sea floor
is strongly modified by the amount of sedimentation in the trench. This varies from practically no sedimentation, as in the Tonga-Kermadec trench, to completely
Oceanic_trench
Type of sedimentary rock
exceptionally high sedimentation rate of 27 to 34 meters/million years. Recent non-consolidated radiolarian oozes have sedimentation rates of 1 to 5 meters/million
Radiolarite
Sewage processing tank
settling and sedimentation, along with anaerobic digestion of the settled sludge. It consists of an upper chamber in which sedimentation takes place,
Imhoff_tank
Obsolete geological concept to explain orogens
Development of a mountain range by sedimentation of a geosyncline and isostatic uplifting. This is the "collapse" of the geosyncline.
Geosyncline
Use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products
Kidney dialysis Electrophoresis Extraction Fed Batch Filtration PFR Sedimentation Applications Animal cell culture Biofabrication Bioinformatics Biosynthesis
Biotechnology
Ratio of inertial to viscous forces acting on a liquid
Universal sedimentation equation — drag coefficient, a function of Reynolds number and shape factor, 2D diagram
Reynolds_number
Diameter of a sphere of the same volume as an irregularly-shaped subject
Particle size analysis techniques based on gravitational or centrifugal sedimentation (e.g., hydrometer technique used for soil texture, Soil Hydrometers)
Equivalent_spherical_diameter
Amount of twist in a particular DNA strand
surprisingly wide distribution of three-dimensional conformations. When the sedimentation coefficient, s, of circular DNA is ascertained over a large range of
DNA_supercoil
Sewage treatment works in London, England
treatment facilities at Mogden comprised storm water tanks, primary sedimentation, sewage aeration, final separation and sludge digestion. The plant was
Mogden_Sewage_Treatment_Works
Convergence boundary between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate
plates are thought to be at least partially locked. The thickness of sedimentation in the trench does not have a correlation with presence of tremor. For
Aleutian_subduction_zone
Displacement of soil by water, wind, and lifeforms
cases, the eventual result is desertification. Off-site effects include sedimentation of waterways and eutrophication of water bodies, as well as sediment-related
Soil_erosion
Underwater current of sediment-laden water moving downslope
operation of the bottom outlet and the intake structures. Controlling this sedimentation within the reservoir can be achieved by using solid and permeable obstacles
Turbidity_current
Heterogeneous mixture of solid particles dispersed in a medium
mixture of a fluid that contains solid particles sufficiently large for sedimentation. The particles may be visible to the naked eye, usually must be larger
Suspension_(chemistry)
French physicist (1870–1942)
studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids (sedimentation equilibrium), verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon
Jean_Perrin
model are: subglacial sedimentation, subaqueous fan sedimentation, fan to delta sedimentation, and ice-marginal sedimentation. However, the process by
Origin of the Oak Ridges Moraine
Origin_of_the_Oak_Ridges_Moraine
Mechanical process
("gradient"). Molecular properties can be modeled through sedimentation velocity analysis or sedimentation equilibrium analysis. During the run, the particle
Centrifugation
Oceanic rift basin
mostly by prolonged subsidence in the central region, as well as heavy sedimentation around the Florida Platform and Northern Gulf of Mexico. While a few
Gulf_of_Mexico_basin
Stacks or aggregations of red blood cells
protein concentration is high, and, because of them, the ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) is also increased. This is a nonspecific indicator of the presence
Rouleaux
Outermost solid shell of astronomical bodies
and were later modified by erosion, impact cratering, volcanism, and sedimentation. Most terrestrial planets have fairly uniform crusts. Earth, however
Crust_(geology)
Lake in Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand
Phillips, Christopher John; Nelson, Campbell S. (December 1981). "Sedimentation in an Artificial Lake - Lake Matahina, Bay of Plenty". New Zealand Journal
Lake_Matahina
Process of removing contaminants from municipal wastewater
removal is necessary to (1) reduce formation of deposits in primary sedimentation tanks, aeration tanks, anaerobic digesters, pipes, channels, etc. (2)
Sewage_treatment
River in Italy
The streams are now controlled by so many dams as to slow the river's sedimentation rate, causing geologic problems. The expansive, moist and fertile flood
Po_(river)
Type of layers in sedimentary rocks
was developed from controversies over the causes of cyclic sedimentation. Cyclic sedimentation occurs when the depositional environments change repeatedly
Cyclic_sediments
Sewage treatment plant in Southeast London
comprised storm tanks, detritus channels, primary sedimentation, mechanical aeration, final sedimentation and sludge digestion. Following the 1964 upgrade
Crossness Sewage Treatment Works
Crossness_Sewage_Treatment_Works
Sediment
are to enhance sedimentation, to reduce or eliminate sedimentation and/or to contaminate sediments with various pollutants. Sedimentation is enhanced by
Legacy_sediment
Fossil-bearing member
C.: 145–228. Gabbott, S. E.; Zalasiewicz, J.; Collins, D. (2008). "Sedimentation of the Phyllopod Bed within the Cambrian Burgess Shale Formation of
Phyllopod_bed
experience regional sedimentation and witnessed new igneous intrusions. By the Cretaceous period of the late Mesozoic, massive sedimentation was underway in
Geology_of_Nigeria
as authigenic. Authigenic sedimentary minerals form during or after sedimentation by precipitation or recrystallization as opposed to detrital minerals
Authigenesis
Filter designed to remove contaminants from oil
there is ongoing debate as to the effectiveness of such devices. A sedimentation or gravity bed filter allows contaminants heavier than oil to settle
Oil_filter
Marine cavern or sinkhole, open to the surface, in carbonate bedrock
to be expected. Sediment accumulation is particular in blue holes. Sedimentation occurs at the center of holes rather than the edges. Many different
Blue_hole
Arch dam in Ventura County, California
Taking into account the reservoir's reduced capacity and losses to sedimentation, the reservoir was projected to be completely silted up by the year
Matilija_Dam
Particle separation
liquid flowing in a direction usually opposite to the direction of sedimentation. This method is mainly used for particles smaller than 1 μm. The smaller
Elutriation
American geologist (1921–2011)
distinguished professor in Geology and was one of the founders of modern rock sedimentation. Friedman was a professor in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the Graduate
Gerald_M._Friedman
Large sedimentary basin in the US
the formation of the modern Permian Basin geometry, shallow marine sedimentation onto the ancestral Tobosa Basin characterized the passive margin, shallow
Permian_Basin_(North_America)
Type of pollution caused by agriculture
accumulation of sediments (i.e. sedimentation) in runoff water affects water quality in various ways. Sedimentation can decrease the transport capacity
Agricultural_pollution
Device using centrifugal force to separate fluids
ultracentrifuges. Analytical ultracentrifuges are designed to perform sedimentation analysis of macromolecules using the principles devised by Theodor Svedberg
Centrifuge
Land adjacent to a water body which is flooded during periods of high water
climate or topography. Sedimentation rates for a three-day flood of the Meuse and Rhine Rivers in 1993 found average sedimentation rates in the floodplain
Floodplain
Sedimentary body with topographic relief composed of autochthonous calcareous deposits
light, water temperature, transparency and pH. For example, carbonate sedimentation along the Atlantic South American coasts takes place everywhere but
Carbonate_platform
Major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria
The Benue Trough is a major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria and extending about 1,000 km northeast from the Bight of Benin to Lake
Benue_Trough
Equipment to spin liquid samples at high speed
capacity. Like all other centrifuges, laboratory centrifuges work by the sedimentation principle, where the centripetal acceleration is used to separate substances
Laboratory_centrifuge
Coral reef system in Queensland, Australia
edged into tropical waters 24 million years ago, some coral grew, but a sedimentation regime quickly developed with erosion of the Great Dividing Range; creating
Great_Barrier_Reef
carbonate shelf was preceded by sedimentation with infrequent marine incursions, and numerous coal seams. This sedimentation was later interrupted in the
Geology_of_Belgium
Long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel associated with former glaciers
evidence of the former channel path. They represent an unusual form of sedimentation where the location of the former channel is higher than the surrounding
Esker
Submarine trench to the east of the Philippines in the Pacific Ocean
Emden Deep and reaches 10,540 meters (34,580 ft or 5,760 fathoms). Sedimentation of the Philippine trench contains slightly metamorphosed, calc-alkalic
Philippine_Trench
American sedimentary geologist
American sedimentary geologist who wrote a landmark text Treatise on Sedimentation (1926) which went into more editions. He served for many years as a
William_Henry_Twenhofel
Freshwater lake in California
as well as Kelsey Creek, which enters from Big Valley. Erosion and sedimentation are key environmental concerns in the Clear Lake region. Seventy percent
Clear_Lake_(California)
Process that improves the quality of water
processes in wastewater treatment include phase separation, such as sedimentation, various biological and chemical processes, such as oxidation, and polishing
Water_treatment
Integrated approach to urban water cycle
also alters channel morphology and stability, further proliferating sedimentation and drastically reducing biotic richness. Increased recognition of urban
Water-sensitive_urban_design
Regional park in Alameda County, California, US
Cull Canyon Regional Recreation Area (CCRRA) is a regional park located in Castro Valley, Alameda County, California. It is part of the East Bay Regional
Cull Canyon Regional Recreation Area
Cull_Canyon_Regional_Recreation_Area
Marine ecosystem
are under severe threat from various factors, including overfishing, sedimentation, pollution, bleaching, ocean acidification, and human impacts. Bleaching
Southeast_Asian_coral_reefs
Town in East Sussex, England
serving Southern England, but the town's fortunes declined due to coastal sedimentation silting up its harbour and persistent raids by French pirates. The coastal
Seaford,_East_Sussex
Polish physician
physician. Biernacki was the first one to note a relationship between the sedimentation rate of red blood cells in a human blood sample and the general condition
Edmund_Biernacki
Dam in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
of sedimentation over the past 38 years. The useful life of the dam and reservoir was estimated to be approximately 50 years. However, sedimentation has
Tarbela_Dam
Sedimentary basin in the South China Sea
signifying the transition from syn- to post-rift around 32 Ma. Post-rift sedimentation began with transitional sandstones and dark gray mudstones of the Zhuhai
Pearl_River_Mouth_basin
One of a series of curves in a channel of a matured stream
which is typically a point bar. The result of this coupled erosion and sedimentation is the formation of a sinuous course as the channel migrates back and
Meander
Extracting features from raw data for machine learning
the Nusselt number in heat transfer, and the Archimedes number in sedimentation. They also develop first approximations of solutions, such as analytical
Feature_engineering
Particles coming out of suspension as flakes
While it appears similar to sedimentation in colloidal dispersions, the mechanisms are different. Flocculation and sedimentation are widely employed in the
Flocculation
Marine ecosystem
anthropogenically by sedimentation, i.e., the deposition of sediments from the water column onto benthic surfaces. Sedimentation rates are artificially
Mesophotic_coral_reef
capacity is nearly three times that of its conservation pool. Due to sedimentation and other factors that affect a reservoir's storage capacity over time
List of largest reservoirs in the United States
List_of_largest_reservoirs_in_the_United_States
Natural processes removing soil and rock
some cases, this leads to desertification. Off-site effects include sedimentation of waterways and eutrophication of water bodies, as well as sediment-related
Erosion
Inflammatory disease featuring pain and stiffness
definitive laboratory test, but C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) can be useful as non-specific markers of systemic inflammation
Polymyalgia_rheumatica
Depositional feature of the Indus river
created through the erosion of Karakoram and the Western Himalayas. Fan sedimentation is estimated to have begun at the end of the Oligocene or beginning
Indus_Fan
Landform created by running water and/or mass movement eroding sharply into soil
total soil loss from gully formation and subsequent downstream river sedimentation can be substantial, especially from unstable soil materials prone to
Gully
Lagoon in India
different locations of the lake. The result indicated spatial variation of sedimentation rate in three zones of the lake of 7.6 millimetres (0.30 in)/year (Northern
Chilika_Lake
100. Haines PW, Hand M, Sandiford M (2001). "Palaeozoic synorogenic sedimentation in central and northern Australia: a review of distribution and timing
List_of_rivers_by_age
Swiss geologist and explorer (1882–1965)
significant contributions to the understanding of relationships between sedimentation and tectonics, and conducted extensive geological surveys in the Himalayas
Arnold_Heim
Fragmental material produced by a volcanic eruption
cinders, and blocks. These layers settle on the land and, over time, sedimentation occurs incorporating these tephra layers into the geologic record. Tephrochronology
Tephra
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Scottish American English Greek
Seething pool.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Orderly
Boy/Male
African, American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Latin
Fifth; Derived from Roman Clan Name; From the Place Owned by the Fifth Son
Girl/Female
Biblical
Solitude, desolation.
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Greek
From Damascus.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
One who Rules the Body
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Supporter of Knowledge
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
A Mythical Snake with Jewel in Its Hood
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
A Beam of Light
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Divine Knowledge
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n.
The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.