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