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ultrasedimentationnounsedimentation by means of an ultracentrifuge
sedimentationnounThe separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid.
siltationnounThe (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne silt in a body of water.
foresetnounAn obstacle; hindrance.
pedocementationnoun(geology) The process of forming a cementation from soil by the precipitation from groundwater of a crystalline matrix.
lithifactionnounSynonym of lithification (“the compaction and cementation of sediment into rock”).
decantationnounthe act of decanting the supernatant liquid from a solid sediment
sedimentatornounAny device for separating sediments from liquids, such as a centrifuge.
colmatationnounThe impermeable state of an originally porous medium, after it has been effectively clogged, usually by fine particles as a result of the process of colmation, though multiple causes might combine, such as swelling of clay or intrusion of asphalt.
desiltingnounThe action of removing silt
halogenesisnounThe deposition of salt.
stratificationnoun(sociology) Society's categorization of people into socioeconomic strata.
sandificationnounAn environmental change whereby an environment becomes sandy.
warpingnounAn action or motion that warps or twists.
resuspensionnoun(ecology, chemistry, physics) The renewed suspension of a precipitated sediment, such as stirring up settled mud at the bottom of a body of water.
colloidizationnounThe process of colloidizing.
colloidnoun(physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
sodificationnounThe build-up of alkali metal salts in soil
covitrificationnounvitrification of two or more materials
illuviationnoun(geology) The accumulation of suspended material and soluble compounds leached from an overlying stratum

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