Detritus

Reservoir rocks are either of clastic or carbonate composition. The former are composed of silicates, usually sandstone, the latter of biogenetically derived detritus, such as coral or shell fragments. There are some important differences between the two rock types which affect the quality of the reservoir and its interaction with fluids which flow through them. 

Remove detritus, trash, or accumulations of foreign material on a regular basis. 

Outer crust. A friable outer crust forms atop the tubercle. The crust is composed of ferric hydroxide (hematite), carbonates, silicates, other precipitates, settled particulate, and detritus. Ferrous ion and ferrous hydroxide generated within the tubercle diffuse outward through fis-... 

Tubercles consisted of hard, hlack oxide shells overlaid with friable carbonate-containing deposits. In places, several laminate black magnetite shells existed. The outer crust could be crushed by gentle pressure with a finger. Tubercles were riddled with white crystalline fibers. Other detritus was incorporated into the tubercle core and crust. Metal loss was less than 0.030 in. (0.076 cm) below each tubercle. Wall thickness was almost 0.25 in. (0.64 cm). 

Slime layers are a mixture of bacterial secretions called extracellular polymers, other metabolic products, bacteria, gases, detritus, and water. Commonly, 99% of the slime layer is water, although much silt and debris may also become entrapped in it. 

Detritus Dead plant and animal matter, usually consumed by bacteria, but some remains. 

Humus The dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of soils. The matter that remains after the bulk of detritus has beenconsumed (leaves, roots). Humus mixes with top layers of soil (rock particles), supplies some of the nutrients needed by plants -increases acidity of soil inorganic nutrients more soluble under acidic conditions, become more available, EX. wheat grows best at pH 5.5-7.0. Humus modifies soil texture, creates loose, crumbly texture, that allows water to soak in and nutrients retained permits air to be incorporated into soil. 

Triimmer, n.pl. fragments fission products remains debris wreck, ruin, -achat, m. brecciated agate, -gestein, n. breccia conglomerate rubble, -masse, /. debris, detritus. 

Fretting or fretting corrosion may be defined as that form of damage which occurs at the interface of two closely fitting surfaces when they are subject to slight relative oscillatory slip. The surfaces are often badly pitted and finely divided oxide detritus is formed. 

New boilers, heat exchangers, and other equipment must be provided with a PCC program to remove oil, grease, mill scale, pipe-threading compounds, drawing compounds, and other detritus that otherwise prevent the formation of clean, passivated metal surfaces and encourage... 

Humic substances in sediments and soils have commonly been, defined as heteropolycondensates of decomposing plant and animal detritus 46. For lack of a better structural definition, these macromolecular substances have been divided into three categories fulvic acids and humic acid and humin. Fulvic acids and humic acids are soluble in dilute alkaline solutions, whereas humin is insoluble. 

Fig. 3-9 Trophic levels in ecosystems. Thin arrows show flow of energy up the food chain (through living biomass) and the broad arrows show the complementary flow of dead organic matter (detritus) back down. R indicates respiration.

The turnover time of carbon in biota in the ocean surface water is 3 x 10 /(4 + 36) x lO yr 1 month. The turnover time with respect to settling of detritus to deeper layers is considerably longer 9 months. Faster removal processes in this case must determine the turnover time respiration and decomposition. 

Essentially all the dissolved organic matter in seawater can be assumed to be non-living. However, particulate organic matter can be either living or dead, with the latter often referred to as "detritus."... 

Of the remaining particulate organic matter, very little is living (> 95% detritus). 

Fig. 11-12 Detrital carbon dynamics for the 0-20 cm layer of chernozem grassland soil. Carbon pools (kg C/ m ) and annual transfers (kg C/m per year) are indicated. Total profile content down to 20 cm is 10.4 kg C/m. (Reproduced with permission from W. H. Schlesinger (1977). Carbon balance in terrestrial detritus, Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 8,51-81, Annual Reviews, Inc.)...

Schlesinger, W. H. (1977). Carbon balance in terrestrial detritus. Ann. Ecol. Syst. 8, 51-81. 

Reid DJ, Quinn GP, Lake PS et al (2008) Terrestrial detritus supports the food webs in lowland intermittent streams of south-eastern Australia a stable isotope study. Freshw Biol 53 2036-2050... 

Phytoplankton are easily sampled with fine-mesh nets. However, samples require considerable processing before analysis to remove zooplankton, detritus, or other particulates. Sampling would not measnrably affect target popnlations, even in the smallest lakes. 

---