Glossary (eng)

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Sedimentation	Седиментация	Settimine/ladestumine	Sedimentaatio	(1) The act or process of forming or accumulating sediment in layers, including such processes as the separation of rock particles from the material from which the sediment is derived, the transportation of these particles to the site of deposition, the actual deposition or settling of the particles, the chemical and other (early diagenetic) changes occurring in the sediment, and the ultimate consolidation of the sediment into solid rock. SeeDeposition (2) Less broadly, the process of deposition of sediment. (3) Strictly, the act or process of depositing sediment by mechanical means from a state of suspension in air or water or by ice and under the influence of gravity. (4) The accumulation of deposits of colluvium and alluvium derived from accelerated erosion of the soil. (5)silting up.
Sessile species	Прикрепленные виды	Sessiilsed liigid	Sessiili	(also fouling species, attached species, sedentary species, sedentaria) Sessility is a characteristic of invertebrates and primitive Chordata (Thunicata) such that they are not able to move about. Sessile animals are usually permanently attached to a solid substrate(see Periphyton). Sessile animals typically have a motile (free-living) phase in their development or resting phase (vegetative buds). Many sessile animals, including bryozoans, sponges, corals and hydra, are capable of asexual reproduction in situ by the process of budding.
Sexual reproduction	Половое размножение	Suguline paljunemine	Suvullinen lisääntyminen	A process that creates a new organism by combining the genetic material of two organisms; unification ofhaploid gametes produce a diploid organisms.
Shelf	См. Континентальный шельф	Mandrilava (šelf)	Hylly, kieleke. Katso myös Mannerjalusta	A terrace. See also Continental shelf.
Shelf edge	Край шельфа	Mandrilava servaala	Mannerjalustan reuna-alue	(also shelf break, shelf drop-off) Marked by a seaward increase in seabed slope that occurs at the seaward limit of the continental shelf and the upper limit of the continental slope.
Shelf sea	Море шельфовое	Mandrilava	Mannerjalustan päällä oleva merialue	Shallow body of water located on a continental shelf.
Shoal	Отмель	Leetseljak	Matalikko	Offshore hazard to surface navigation that is composed of unconsolidated material.
Shorebirds	Околоводные птицы	Rannikulinnud	Rantalinnut	A non-systematic definition of birds associated (by distribution) with coastal biotopes.
Side Scan Sonar	Гидролокатор бокового обзора (ГЛБО)	Külgvaatesonar	Viistokaikuluotain	A side looking sonar that is used to image the topography of the seafloor, and to detect and locate objects underwater. It collects only acoustic backscatter data.
Siliciclastic	Кремнисто-обломочные породы	Ränikivi	Silikoklastinen	Sediments or sedimentary rocks that are almost exclusively silica bearing, either as forms of quartz or other silicate minerals.