Aggradation (or alluviation) is the term used in geology for the increase in land elevation, typically in a river system, due to the deposition of sediment...

over the entire height and time. The ages of incision and flooding (aggradation) can have different interpretations for each fluvial system, where each...

(Ecuador). A. Outer shape of a lunate dune bedform and B. internal lamination. Note preferential aggradation on upstream face (backset laminations)....

surfaces by sedimentation, particularly in river valleys, is called aggradation. The rate of sedimentation is the thickness of sediment accumulated per...

Plunge pool Bedforms Ait Antidune Dune Current ripple Regional processes Aggradation Base level Degradation (geology) Erosion and tectonics River rejuvenation...

pyroclastic density current: the en masse deposition and the progressive aggradation models. The en masse model was proposed by volcanologist Stephen Sparks...

compensate for subsidence and erosion. In addition to interference with delta aggradation, pumping of groundwater, oil, and gas, and constructing infrastructure...

breach the barrier, as may spilling over from a higher basin due to aggradation (accumulation of sediments in the basin). The effect of integration of...

floodplain, through erosional processes. Degradation is the opposite of aggradation. Degradation is characteristic of channel networks in which either bedrock...

result of an equilibrium between subsidence and aggradation. Subsidence pushed the coastline inland; aggradation brings it out. The equilibrium may be cyclical...

Valdir F. (15 November 2016). "Two million years of river and cave aggradation in NE Brazil: Implications for speleogenesis and landscape evolution"...

result of obstructions such as log-jams and possible tectonic influences. Aggradation – Increase in land elevation due to the deposition of sediment Alluvial...

floored with a rich black soil of postglacial origin. Thus, by sub-glacial aggradation, the prairies have been leveled up to a smooth surface, in contrast to...

of deposition on the floodplain, banks, bars, and bed; and regional aggradation or degradation due to subsidence or uplift. River morphology can also...

Plunge pool Bedforms Ait Antidune Dune Current ripple Regional processes Aggradation Base level Degradation (geology) Erosion and tectonics River rejuvenation...

hills or mountains. Bolsons are sites of active deposition of sediments (aggradation). They are a type of endorheic basin characteristic of basin and range...

sedimentologic conditions of river mouth bar formation, progradation and aggradation, and prediction on their shape, size and spacing are incredibly valuable...

sand into a dune, which will eventually become a barrier island through aggradation. The formation of barrier islands requires a constant sea level so that...

processes that remove soil and rock Exner equation – Law of sediment aggradation Grain size, also known as particle size – Diameter of individual grains...

uric acid stone accumulation after ingestion of melamine to a rapid aggradation of metabolites such as cyanuric acid diamide (ammeline) and cyanuric...

have become increasingly important for understanding braided rivers. Aggradation (net deposition of sediments) favors braided rivers, but is not essential...

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has found that the delta is at a greater risk as the rate of sediment aggradation (raising the level of the delta through sediment deposition) no longer...

the likelihood of further floods and episodes of levee building. If aggradation continues to occur in the main channel, this will make levee overtopping...

Spring horizon Sedimentary processes and erosion Abrasion Anabranch Aggradation Armor Bed load Bed material load Granular flow Debris flow Deposition...

for an average rate of about 1.8 cm (0.71 in) per year (though the aggradation occurs only during short-lived events). The scientists were not able...

(GRAD) walk, step, go Latin gradi, gressus "to step", from gradus "step" aggradation, aggression, antegrade, anterograde, centigrade, degrade, degree, egress...

driving factor in building the delta seaward (progradation), and upward (aggradation) from seasonal flooding, and is counteracted by coastal erosion and sea...

downstream. After forming, the dam leads to aggradation of the valley upstream, and dam failure leads to aggradation downstream. Construction engineers responsible...

discharge, the large and variable flows, along with its rapid channel aggradations and accelerated rates of basin denudation. Over time, the deepening of...