sediment

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And much remains to be discovered about the rocks and sediments that lie beneath the ice.

From BBC

To reconstruct that earlier landscape, the research team examined 61 sediment cores taken from inside and around the temple grounds and analyzed tens of thousands of ceramic fragments.

From Science Daily

When combined with other impact indicators found in the same sediment layer -- including the black mat, nanodiamonds, and impact spherules -- the shocked quartz discoveries add weight to the impact hypothesis.

From Science Daily

Their work revealed 19 major groupings of valleys, streams, lakes, canyons, and sediment deposits.

From Science Daily

A video he took around 1 p.m. shows bulldozers and other heavy machinery scooping heaps of sediment and moving logs.

From Los Angeles Times