Depositionbased
Depositionbased, sometimes written deposition-based, is an adjective used to describe processes, systems, or analyses that rely primarily on the deposition of material or sediment. The term is interdisciplinary, spanning geology, environmental science, and materials engineering, and indicates a focus on how material is laid down rather than removed or transformed prior to deposition.
In geology and sedimentology, deposition-based processes explain the accumulation of sediments in rivers, deltas, lakes, deserts,
In manufacturing and additive manufacturing, deposition-based methods involve constructing objects by adding material in successive layers.
Depositionbased concepts also appear in environmental engineering, soils science, and computational modeling, where deposition processes are
See also: sedimentology, additive manufacturing, depositional environment.