A mass of sediment
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SILTAGEA mass of sediment.
concretionsA hard solid mass formed by the local accumulation of matter, esp. within the body or within a mass of sediment
concretionA hard solid mass formed by the local accumulation of matter, esp. within the body or within a mass of sediment
sedimented(of a liquid) Deposit a sediment
sedimenting(of a liquid) Deposit a sediment
sedimentingSEDIMENT, to settle in the bottom of a liquid
sedimentsSEDIMENT, to settle in the bottom of a liquid
sedimentedSEDIMENT, to settle in the bottom of a liquid
authigenicof minerals, having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition
groundsSolid particles, esp. of ground coffee, that form a residue; sediment
bottomsetas in bottomset bed, fine sediment deposited at the foot of a growing delta
purgedfree (as a boiler) of sediment or relieve (as a steam pipe) of trapped air by bleeding
laminalayer of sediment or sedimentary rock only a small fraction of an inch (less than a centimeter) in thickness
laminaelayer of sediment or sedimentary rock only a small fraction of an inch (less than a centimeter) in thickness
laminaslayer of sediment or sedimentary rock only a small fraction of an inch (less than a centimeter) in thickness
aggradeto raise the grade or level of (a river valley, a stream bed, etc.) by depositing detritus, sediment, or the like
grade(of a stream bed) so adjusted to conditions of slope and the volume and speed of water that no gain or loss of sediment takes place
clastsgrain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., esp. as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation
clastgrain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., esp. as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation
endocastthe fossilized outline of a hollow organic structure, as a skull or a mollusk shell, formed when mud or sediment consolidated within the structure and the structure itself disintegrated or dissolved
stromatoliteA calcareous mound built up of layers of lime-secreting cyanobacteria and trapped sediment, found in Precambrian rocks as the earliest known fossils, and still being formed in lagoons in Australasia
stromatolitesA calcareous mound built up of layers of lime-secreting cyanobacteria and trapped sediment, found in Precambrian rocks as the earliest known fossils, and still being formed in lagoons in Australasia