sediment
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They suspect the animal was quickly covered by sediment in an environment with little oxygen and abundant microbial activity.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
The evidence came from sediment cores deposited during the mid-Holocene, approximately 6,000 years ago, when small changes in Earth's orbit helped create a warmer Arctic with less extensive ice cover.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Sending a robot through pipes isn’t as straightforward as it might seem: Pipes move when the soil around them shifts, and there are blockages made of sediment that the robot must be able to navigate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Urban development has changed those sediment and flow patterns. Sea-level temperatures also appear to be heating up, and that creates an expanded volume of water.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The water, opaque with glacial sediment and only a few degrees warmer than the ice it had so recently been, was the color of wet concrete.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing sediment
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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