SEDIMENTS

Meaning of SEDIMENTS in English

[plural] [noun]It is hoped that the oil slick will sink to the seabed where it would be covered within a few years by sediments (= sediment) and eventually decompose.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

SEDIMENTS — Soil, sand, and minerals washed from land into water, usually after rain.
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SEDIMENTS — Отложения
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SEDIMENTS — Осадоки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SEDIMENTS — Осадки
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SEDIMENTS — Наносы
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SEDIMENTS — (n) осадки
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SEDIMENTS — Отложения
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VARVED DEPOSIT — any form of repetitive sedimentary rock stratification, either bed or lamination, that was deposited within a one-year time period. This …
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STRATIFICATION — the layering that occurs in most sedimentary rocks and in those igneous rocks formed at the Earth's surface, as from …
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SOUTHERN AFRICA, HISTORY OF
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SEDIMENTARY ROCK — rock formed at or near the Earth's surface by the accumulation and lithification of sediment (detrital rock) or by the …
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SEDIMENTARY FACIES — physical, chemical, and biological aspects of a sedimentary bed and the lateral change within sequences of beds of the same …
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MARINE SEDIMENT — any deposit of insoluble material, primarily rock and soil particles, transported from land areas to the ocean by wind, ice, …
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IONIUM-THORIUM DATING — method of establishing the time of origin of marine sediments according to the amount of ionium and thorium they contain. …
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EROSION — removal of surface material from the Earth's crust, primarily soil and rock debris, and the transportation of the eroded materials …
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BATHYAL ZONE — marine ecologic realm extending down from the edge of the continental shelf to the depth at which the water temperature …
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ATMOSPHERE — gaseous envelope that surrounds the Earth. Other planets of the solar system, as well as a few of the large …
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TRIASSIC PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. first period of …
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TERTIARY PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. interval of geologic …
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PRECAMBRIAN TIME — period of time that extends from a little more than 3.9 billion years ago, which is the approximate age of …
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PERMIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. last period of …
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OCEAN CITY — resort, city, Cape May county, southeastern New Jersey, U.S., on a barrier island between Great Egg Harbor (bridged to Somers …
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JURASSIC PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. second of three …
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HOLOCENE EPOCH — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. formerly Recent Epoch, …
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DEVONIAN PERIOD — interval of geologic time from 408 to 360 million years ago. The fourth period of the Paleozoic era, it follows …
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CRETACEOUS PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. third period of …
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AFRICAGEOLOGIC HISTORY
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MARINE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a marine habitat (= a place in the sea where animals and plants live and …
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SEDIMENT — 1) осадок; отстой 2) осадочная порода 3) мн. ч. наносы; отложения • - anoxic sediments - bottom sediment - deep-sea …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SEDIMENT — 1) осадок; отстой 2) осадочная порода 3) мн. ч. наносы; отложения • - anoxic sediments - bottom sediment - deep-sea sediments - fluvial sediments - fluvioglacial sediments - fuel …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SEDIMENT — 1. осадок, отстой, гуща на дне 2. нанос; отложение; осадочная порода 3. вода и грязь из нефти 4. нефтяная эмульсия …
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