Concept information
This concept has been deprecated.
Preferred term
sediment traps
Is replaced by
Definition
- [J. White] A sediment trap is a container deployed in the water column with the aim of providing a\ \ representative sample of the material settling through that water column before it passes to a\ \ greater depth and ultimately to the seabed or lake bottom. A review of the previous literature shows\ \ cylinders and baffled funnels to be the most efficient sediment trap design in flows less than 0.1\ \ m/s...
Broader concept
Entry terms
- sediment trap
- sediment trapping
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0948
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