Глоссарий (анг)

Sinking; bottom (e.g. eggs which sink to the bottom or are deposited on the bottom); dependent on the bottom. Fish or other organism that live near the bottom of the ocean, of a lake or of a river, but capable of active swimming. Opposite of pelagic. See also Benthic.

In statistical modelling, it is the event studied and expected to change whenever the explanatory/predictor variable is altered.

An organism that derives its nutrition by consuming some fraction of a soft sediment.

Material that is deposited; a deposit or sediment. See also: Accumulation, Accretion, Sedimentation.

(1) Pertaining to the process of deposition; e.g. a "depositional basin" or a "depositional surface"; (2) Formed by the process of deposition; e.g. a "depositional topography".

Organisms whose cells have two sets of chromosomes.

A species, which prevails quantitatively in a certain ecosystem.

Elongate, flow-transverse sediment bodies, commonly deposited at the foot of continental slopes and associated with contour-following bottom currents (see also Contourites); commonly found at the mouths of submarine canyons and upon submarine fan systems.

An elongated, whale-shaped hill formed by glacial ice acting on underlying unconsolidated till or ground moraine. The long axis of drumlins is usually aligned parallel with the movement of the ice, with its steeper slope facing into the direction of glacial movement. Drumlins are typically kilometers in length, less than 50 m in height, and hundreds of meters in width.

Band of the bottom, dried in phases because of the wind negative setup and developed under the influence of both marine and subaerial factors.