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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...
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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...
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Sediment transport is the
movement of
solid particles (
sediment),
typically due to a
combination of
gravity acting on the
sediment, and the
movement of...
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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...
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settle in place. The
particles that form a
sedimentary rock are
called sediment, and may be
composed of
geological detritus (minerals) or
biological detritus...
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sediment basin is a
temporary pond
built on a
construction site to
capture eroded or
disturbed soil that is
washed off
during rain storms, and protect...
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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...
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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,...
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Marine sediment, or
ocean sediment, or
seafloor sediment, are
deposits of
insoluble particles that have ac****ulated on the seafloor.
These particles either...
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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...
