Influences on Sediment Transport Flashcards

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Once in the water, the material is moved in different ways:

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Traction
Saltation
Suspension
Solution

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Material in the sea arrives from many sources:

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Eroded from cliffs

Transported by longshore drift along the coastline

Brought inland from offshore by constructive waves

Carried to the coastline by a river

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traction meaning

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when large material is dragged along the sea floor

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saltation

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when smaller material that can be lifted by water is bounced along river bed

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suspension

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Lighter material within the river flow

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solution

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Lighter material dissolves in sea carried within river flow

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Direction of wave attack
The direction that the waves are coming from is the main factor affecting the direction of sediment transport

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