- till are ice-transported
sediments.
Sediment can be
classified based on its
grain size,
grain shape, and composition.
Sediment size is
measured on a log...
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three main
types of
pelagic sediments:
siliceous oozes,
calcareous oozes, and red clays. The
composition of
pelagic sediments is
controlled by
three main...
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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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component of
lithogenous sediments,
including sand.
Biogenous sediments come from the
remains of
living organisms that
settle out as
sediment when the organisms...
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smaller sediments are
washed away. The
smaller sediments present under this
layer of
large gravel have a
lower possibility of
movement and
total sediment transport...
- A
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...
- A
sediment control is a
practice or
device designed to keep
eroded soil on a
construction site, so that it does not wash off and
cause water pollution...
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source rocks;
deposition of
these sediments is
largely limited to the
continental shelf.
Sources of
terrigenous sediments include volcanoes,
weathering of...
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Sedimental is an
independent recording label based in Greenfield, M****achusetts
releasing mainly experimental,
sound art, noise, free jazz,
avant garde...
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scientists studying the role of the
biological pump in the
carbon cycle.
Sediments traps normally consist of an upward-facing
funnel that
directs sinking...