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Concept information
Preferred term
sediments
Type
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Product
Definition
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Solid material, both mineral and organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water, gravity, or ice and has come to rest on the earth's surface either above or below sea level.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- alluvium
- coastal sediments
- colluvium
- dredged materials
- dune sand
- eolian deposits
- estuarine sediments
- glacial deposits
- gravel
- lacustrine sediments
- mangrove sediments
- marine sediments
- periglacial deposits
- pyroclastic materials
- quaternary deposits
- rock flour
- sand
- sediment properties
- silt
- tertiary sediments
Synonyms
- sediment
- sedimentary materials (geological)
- sediment grains
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/6755
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