"sediment" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It is present in most igneous rocks and in sediments derived from them (as well as in living things and natural bodies of water).
- In the Paleocene epoch large amounts of clastic sediment derived from uplifted areas covered the Harebell Formation to become the Pinyon Conglomerate.
- The terrane gradually approached the continental margin and began to include sediments derived from the continent, such as sandstone, siltstone, argillite and shale as well as chert bands.
- The rock units are likely sediments derived from the Laramide orogeny deposited in an ecosystem dominated by rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, and swamps.
- It comprises Jurassic through to Cretaceous aged sediments derived from Triassic and Permian arc rocks of the Hunter-Bowen orogeny.
- Seismic data show that their internal structure is chaotic, and boreholes reveal that the dominant sediment derived from the glaciers is a poorly sorted stony clay.
- The Chuya Steppe is filled with Cenozoic sediments, derived from the surrounding mountains of the Chuya Range-Chuya Alps.
- The deposits were formed between the late Cretaceous and early Paleogene, about 100 million to 45 million years ago, in sediments derived from weathered igneous and metamorphic rocks.
- Terrigenous describes the sediment derived from the materials eroded by rain, rivers, glaciers and that blown into the ocean by the wind such as volcanic ash.
- Fourth is a layer of sediments derived from weathering land with low-grade metamorphism.
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