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SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE [1 record]

Record 1 2006-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geochemistry
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
CONT

... the importance of sediment water interface in controlling bio-geo-chemical cycles.

CONT

This uranium would migrate through the basin of deposition to be lost in the sea unless it came into contact with reducing conditions in the organic-rich sediment a short distance beneath the sediment-water interface, in which case it would enrich the sediment ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géochimie
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
DEF

[...] fond de la mer où des échanges particulaires (érosion, dépôt) et physico-chimiques se réalisent entre le sédiment superficiel et l'eau au contact immédiat avec le fond.

CONT

[...] le manganèse [...] se dépose en milieu oxydant. C'est la raison principale de la formation des nodules, soit à l'interface eau-sédiment, soit dans le sédiment, mais proche de l'interface eau-sédiment, là où l'eau de la mer est un milieu oxydant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geoquímica
  • Erosión y corrosión (Geología)
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