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[geolithological constituents]
sediment
Term
Metadata
sediment
Definition
Any material transported by water which will ultimately settle to the bottom after the water loses its transporting power.
Broader Terms
BT
↑
[geolithological constituents]
More specific terms
NT7
↓
alluvium
NT7
↓
bed load
NT7
↓
bioclast
NT7
↓
clast
NT7
↓
coarse-grained material
NT7
↓
cobble
NT7
↓
drift
NT7
↓
fines
NT7
↓
flysch
NT7
↓
gravel
NT7
↓
loess
NT7
↓
marine sediment
NT7
↓
mud (sediment)
NT7
↓
oolite
NT7
↓
pellet
NT7
↓
pisolith
NT7
↓
sand
►
▼
NT8
↓
tar sand
NT7
↓
sedimentable particle
NT7
↓
silt
►
▼
NT8
↓
glacial silt
NT8
↓
river silt
NT7
↓
suspended matter
NT7
↓
volcanic ash
NT7
↓
wash load
Related terms
RT
⇆
aggradation
RT
⇆
bars
RT
⇆
deposition
RT
⇆
diagenesis
RT
⇆
dolomitization
RT
⇆
fluvial fill
RT
⇆
grain size
RT
⇆
grain size analysis
RT
⇆
granulometry
RT
⇆
halmyrolysis
RT
⇆
ice rafting
RT
⇆
littoral drift
RT
⇆
natural accretion
RT
⇆
particle size
RT
⇆
penetration test
RT
⇆
permeability
RT
⇆
porosity
RT
⇆
pressuremeter test
RT
⇆
recent sedimentation
RT
⇆
saltation
RT
⇆
sediment concentration
RT
⇆
sediment grading
RT
⇆
sediment supply
RT
⇆
sediment transport
RT
⇆
sediment yield
RT
⇆
sediment-carrying capacity
RT
⇆
sedimentary basin
RT
⇆
sedimentation process
RT
⇆
sedimentation rate
RT
⇆
sedimentology
RT
⇆
shape analysis
RT
⇆
sorting (sediments)
RT
⇆
weathering
Italian
sedimento
Theme
soil
ExactMatch:
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7565
Date of creation
07-Mar-2013
Accepted term
07-Mar-2013
Descendant terms
25
ARK
ark:/99152/t3qn9r1mmoprxp
More specific terms
22
Alternative terms
0
Related terms
33
Notes
1
Metadata
BS8723-5
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