"sediment" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Offshore both mass failure deposits and turbidites have been observed that are dated to later than 1954 from high Caesium-137 levels in the overlying sediments.
- The skulls had been damaged by the weight of the overlying sediments, and some reconstruction, particularly of the lower face was necessary.
- The overlying sediment will undergo compaction, causing an increase in density and therefore a decrease in buoyancy.
- Subsequent erosion stripped the granite of the overlying sediments and the softer adjacent schist.
- The lithostatic pressure in the rock increases due to the weight of the overlying sediment.
- Later, the great weight of overlying sediment served to distort the specimen.
- Over the last several million years, much of the overlying sediment has eroded away, leaving the coal seams near the surface.
- The first method results in the formation of growth faults in the overlying sediment.
- The grooves are most likely formed in a muddy substrate, which preserved them during deposition of the overlying sediment.
- Burial continues and the weight of overlying sediments cause an increase in temperature and pressure.
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