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sediment

Meaning: tr
tortu, çökelti, telve
Agriculture, forestry and urbanization are increasing the amount of sediment, chemicals and plastics flowing into the oceans, and contaminating the coastline.
Layers of sediment lay at the bottom of the riverbed.
Stromatolites are the limestone structures formed by photosynthesizing bacteria called cyanobacteria. They created layers of alternating slimy bacteria and sediment in very shallow water, dominating shallow seas until predators, such as trilobites, came into the picture.
If all the conditions are right, fossils are formed as the layers of sediment turn into rock.
By means of a super high-pressure water spray practically all the sediment is removed.
Sedimentary rock contains fossils because it was built up layer upon layer, often trapping and preserving animals, plants, footprints, and more within the layers of sediment.
Shale rock is a sedimentary rock made up of clay, compacted together by pressure.
The Mississippi River carries millions of tons of nutrient-rich sediment into the Gulf each year.
Currents, waves, and wind normally transport sediment throughout the littoral system. Armoring of the coast can interfere with littoral transport, which in a natural state may reach a dynamic equilibrium.
The scientists assembled dozens of temperature records from multiple studies, including data from sediment cores drilled in lake bottoms and sea floors, and from ice cores.
Added on 2015-11-04 | by m2gin | View: 746

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