Stream channel development is controlled by both water and sediment movement.

Ice dynamics and sediment movement: last glacial cycle, Clyde basin, Scotland.

A further application in geomorphology was developed by Caine (1976) when he estimated the physical work in joules represented by different types of sediment movement.

Understanding and prediction of the sediment movements, both in the swash and surf zone, is vital for the nourishment project to succeed.

It involves an understanding of coastal weathering processes, particularly wave action, sediment movement and weather, and also the ways in which humans interact with the coast.

In the lower flow regime, the natural progression is from a flat bed, to some sediment movement (saltation etc.), to ripples, to slightly larger dunes.

In the offshore zone, sediment movement is unimpeded as the local bathymetry of the continental shelf is relatively flat with no major obstructions (Kirk, 1967).

The resulting topography provided northeast-to-southwest gradients for stream flow and sediment movement.

A review of 37 publications and 25 monitoring reports on soil stabilization seeding discovered that less than half showed any reduced sediment movement with seeding.

Sedimentary budgets are used to assist in the management of beach erosion by trying to show the present sediment movement and forecast future sediment movement.