Active Layer Natural Processes

TYPICAL MIXED

DEPTHS ARE

~ 3 to 15 cm

Active

Layer

Deep

Sediment

Water

Column

Ground water

seepage/infiltration

Dissolved

Phase Mass

Transfer

Deposition

Burial/Scour

Resuspension

Partitioning

Biological

and/or physical

mixing

Decay

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