Fluvial Entrainment, Transportation and Depostion

Question 1

Entrainment

Answer 1

Process by which surface sediment is incorporated(added or picked) into a fluid flow (water and air)

Question 2

Transportation

Answer 2

Movement of particles or dissolves species down stream

Question 3

Dissolved Load

Answer 3

Mineral ions carried in solutions and invisible during transport
-results of chemical weathering

Question 4

Suspended Load

Answer 4

Particles that are visible to the eye, its going to be clay, silt and sand

Question 5

Bed Load:

Answer 5

Large Particles sand or gravel. Bounced or rolled along the bottom of the stream channel

Question 6

Capacity

Answer 6

Total amount if sediment a stream is able to carry. It is driven by the power of the stream and stress it puts on the channel

Question 7

Competency

Answer 7

Maximum size particle that a stream is able to hold. It is proportional to the flow

Question 8

Deposition

Answer 8

Process by which the sediment is deposited on the land. It is a result of loss in kinetic energy (River slows down)

Question 9

Hjulstrom Curve

Answer 9

What sediment size is being entrained, transported or deposited for a given velocity