Category:Sediments

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Sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid. Sediment can also be produced and deposited by simple gravitational collapse, glacier ice, and wind.

The main article for this category is Sediment.

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Subcategories

This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

P

• ► Peat‎ (1 C, 3 P)

S

• ► Sand‎ (3 C, 13 P)

Pages in category "Sediments"

The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).

A Armor (hydrology) B Barton Beds Bay mud Bengal Fan Black sand Boulder clay Brickearth C Clay Clay-with-Flints D Desert pavement Dry quicksand

E Expansive clay F Fech fech G Glaciolacustrine deposits Gornal stone H Hemipelagic L Loess M Marine clay Moraine O Oolitic aragonite sand P Peat Q Quick clay

Q cont. Quicksand S Salt glacier Sediment Sediment trap (geology) Silt Siltation Superficial deposits T Till W Wash load Washboard moraine

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Categories:

• Sedimentology
• Geotechnical engineering

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