Concept information
Término preferido
sediments
Tipo
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Product
Definición
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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.
Concepto genérico
Conceptos específicos
- 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
Sinónimos
- sediment
- sedimentary materials (geological)
- sediment grains
En otras lenguas
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español
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/6755
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