In reference to Stokes Law; I was wondering why an increase in sediment density leads to an increase in settling rate? My Geology professor and I were contemplating this today and could not come up with an easy way to explain this.

Thanks for your time.

Hi rocklover, maybe you two are not looking for the obvious answer. An increase in sediment (on top) will slow down the settling rate because basically, the impacted sediment on top acts like an obstruction. What do you think ? Interesting to throw this around for a while. Thanks for the question !

Thank you for your response!

However, there may be some confusion. I should have said GRAIN density.

Thank you for your response!

However, there may be some confusion. I should have said GRAIN density.

LOL, well okay, back to the drawing board !