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slumping
Sipuncula. (Barnes 1987)
lion by volume on the ordinate and particle diameter in f.lIIl with logarithmic size increments on the abscissa. There are indications that, roughly
equal concentrations of material occur at all particle sizes within the range
from 1 11m to about 10 7 11m, i.e., from bacteria to whales. This implies that
marine particle size spectra, with logarithmically equal intervals, are essentially flat. This pattern can only be maintained if the rate of particle production varies inversely with particle size.
slack water period in a tidal cycle when the tidal current is near zero.
slope ~continental slope.
sludge the principal waste produced at municipal waste-water treatment plants.
It is a liquid in which up to 10 % of its weight is solids, with a bulk density
of about 1.01 g cm- 3 , and a solid density of ca. 1.5 g cm- 3 • The solid fraction
is a heterogeneous mixture of solids including microorganisms, organic detritus
or aggregates, fibers, mineral grains and food residues. Also contains a film
(or film fragments) floating on the surface, ~surface film.
slumping ~sediment transport.
slumping
Sipuncula. (Barnes 1987)
lion by volume on the ordinate and particle diameter in f.lIIl with logarithmic size increments on the abscissa. There are indications that, roughly
equal concentrations of material occur at all particle sizes within the range
from 1 11m to about 10 7 11m, i.e., from bacteria to whales. This implies that
marine particle size spectra, with logarithmically equal intervals, are essentially flat. This pattern can only be maintained if the rate of particle production varies inversely with particle size.
slack water period in a tidal cycle when the tidal current is near zero.
slope ~continental slope.
sludge the principal waste produced at municipal waste-water treatment plants.
It is a liquid in which up to 10 % of its weight is solids, with a bulk density
of about 1.01 g cm- 3 , and a solid density of ca. 1.5 g cm- 3 • The solid fraction
is a heterogeneous mixture of solids including microorganisms, organic detritus
or aggregates, fibers, mineral grains and food residues. Also contains a film
(or film fragments) floating on the surface, ~surface film.
slumping ~sediment transport.