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Lateritious sediment
Lateritious Lat"er*i"tious, a. [L. lateritius, fr. later a brick.] Like bricks; of the color of red bricks. Lateritious sediment (Med.), a sediment in urine resembling brick dust, observed after the crises of fevers, and at the termination of gouty paroxysms. It usually consists of uric acid or urates with some coloring matter.
Sedimental
Sedimental Sed`i*men"tal, a. Sedimentary.
sedimentary
Aqueous A"que*ous, a. [Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aquose.] 1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery. The aqueous vapor of the air. --Tyndall. 2. Made from, or by means of, water. An aqueous deposit. --Dana. Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water. Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.) Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks.
Sedimentation
Sedimentation Sed`i*men*ta"tion, n. The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

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- Sediment is a solid material that is transported to a new location where it is deposited. It occurs naturally and, through the processes of weathering...
- Pelagic sediment or pelagite is a fine-grained sediment that ac****ulates as the result of the settling of particles to the floor of the open ocean, far...
- sediments, either in unconsolidated deposits or in sedimentary rocks. The degree of sorting is determined by the range of grain sizes in a sediment deposit...
- are types of rock that are formed by the ac****ulation or deposition of sediments, ie. mineral or organic particles, at Earth's surface, followed by cementation...
- Sediment transport is the movement of solid particles (sediment), typically due to a combination of gravity acting on the sediment, and the movement of...
- Marine sediment, or ocean sediment, or seafloor sediment, are deposits of insoluble particles that have ac****ulated on the seafloor. These particles either...
- in the sediment as protection and may also have fed upon detritus or the mat of microbes which tended to grow on the surface of the sediment. Today,...
- river delta is a triangular landform created by the deposition of the sediments that are carried by the waters of a river, where the river merges with...
- Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or landm****. Wind, ice, water, and gravity transport previously...
- Sedimental is an independent recording label based in Greenfield, M****achusetts releasing mainly experimental, sound art, noise, free jazz, avant garde...