Svensk definition
Avlagringar på land eller i vatten av fragmenterat, fast, oorganiskt material, som lösgörs genom vittring eller nötning av berggrunden eller genom vulkanisk verksamhet, och som transporteras av luft, vatten eller is.
Geologic Sediments
Geologiska sediment
Engelsk definition
A mass of organic or inorganic solid fragmented material, or the solid fragment itself, that comes from the weathering of rock and is carried by, suspended in, or dropped by air, water, or ice. It refers also to a mass that is accumulated by any other natural agent and that forms in layers on the earth's surface, such as sand, gravel, silt, mud, fill, or loess. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1689)
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Engelska synonymer
Sediment, Geologic — Sediments, Geologic — Geologic Sediment — Marine Oil Snow — Marine Oil Snows — Oil Snow, Marine — Snow, Marine Oil — Sediments, Marine — Marine Sediment — Marine Sediments — Sediment, Marine — Marine Snow