Particulate matter that is deposited on the surface of land.
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Examples for "sediment "
Examples for "sediment "
1 The draught had been taken; the sediment only lay dried upon it.
2 The vessel is changing color, and all the sediment has broken free.
3 Gunnell and Binfield notice white sediment in pan and lock it up.
4 Falbe lay quietly with his long fingers in the sediment of pine-needles.
5 Methyl Hg was inversely correlated with salinity, sediment Eh and sand content.
1 Surface meltwaters annually flood the subglacial sediments by means of drainage channels.
2 But when scientists drilled into these sediments , they got quite a surprise.
3 No sulphate reduction was detected in media inoculated with kettle lake sediments .
4 Those sediments also contain trace amounts of pyrite, an electrically conductive mineral.
5 The mediterraneans which lay upon it were shallow, as their sediments prove.
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Translations for geologic sediments