Sediment

Illustration of accumulation process

Illustration of bottom roughness

Illustration of box corer

Illustration of burial

An icon representing degraded water quality

Illustration of sediment deposition

Illustration of sediment deposition

Illustration of sediment flux

Illustration of hill with geologic layers

Illustration showing sediment inputs

Illustration of sediment input

Illustration showing sediment inputs

Illustration of sediment and nutrient input

Illustration of desert lunette lake base

Illustration of glacial lake base with deltaic deposits and terminal morraine

Illustration of lake cross sectional base with laminated sediment

Illustration of light logger diagram

Illustration of mountains with glaciers, braided stream, and varve lake

Illustration of perched water table

Top view of a mining truck

Illustration of simple plains base

Illustration of simple plains base with soil layers

Illustration of river base with foothills and sandy riverbed

Illustration of base with meandering river with sandy banks

Illustration of river base with sandy bottom

Illustration of river base with sediment layers

Illustration of seagrass restoration

Illustration of sediment particles

Illustration of sediment and water core

Illustration of sediment grab

Illustration of sediment incubator

Illustration of sediment movement

Illustration of sediment resuspension

Illustration of sediment resuspension

Illustration of sediment suspension

Illustration of sediment trap

Illustration of stream base with sandy banks in valley

Illustration of water quality management factors