This creates a zig-zag movement of sediment along the beach. Spits are also caused by deposition - they are features that are formed by the process of longshore drift. A spit is an extended ...

When water loses its energy, any sediment it is carrying is deposited. The build-up of deposited sediment can form different features along the coast.

We contributed core scanning data and analyses to a new study reconstructing Holocene environmental change in the Krka River ...

As one of the most rapidly accumulating sedimentary regions globally, the Yellow River Delta is characterized by the rapid deposition of sediment near ...

In this case, it was towed by boat about 70 kilometers from the mainland to the Great Blue Hole and anchored there. The extracted sediment core reflects three phases of deposition: 12,500 years ago, a ...