A series of experiments was performed to increase and make our puantitive understanding of the entrainuent and settling processes of fine-grained sediments, which are of critical importance to construct a predictive model of sediment experiments were performed in an annular flume. A rotating top produced a turbulent flow which in turn exerted and are shown to be dependent on the sediment concentration and the presence of clay minerals. The parameters on which entrainment strongly depends were identified to be the shear stress, water content (time ofter deposition), and the type of sediment (grain size and mineralogy).