A sand filter, or "filtration basin", is a stormwater quality treatment system that works by using a two-component clarification system: the first is a sediment forebay for settling large particles ...

Here is a nice summary of sedimentation on divergent margins: be sure to look at the diagrams on the right side of the page, and click the links for each stage to see what each stage of rifting looks ...

The iconic reservoir faces the risk of becoming a mud lake as 100 million tons of sediment accumulate each year.

Deep-sea sediment cores are vital to our understanding of the past and present oceans. They record the geological history of the ocean basins, providing evidence for changing climates, emerging ...