sediment
Bottom of bottle
Sediment is matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
Rivers carry sediment—sand, silt, clay—that accumulates where water slows: sediment building up in the reservoir.
Wine and coffee leave sediment in the bottom of their containers.
In geology, sedimentary rock forms from compressed layers of accumulated material over millions of years.
Water-deposited loose sediment
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- siltWaterborne earth particles
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- mudWet soil mixture
sand · gravel · detritus · precipitate · ooze · drift · outwash · loess
Headlong and reckless
- dregsResidue at bottom
- residueMatter left behind
- sludgeSemi-solid waste material
- decantationSeparating liquid from sediment
clarification · flocculation · coagulation · sink · subside · gravity · bottom · accumulate
Parallel geological layers
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- shaleCompacted clay sediment
- conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
breccia · limestone · dolomite · mudstone · claystone · marl · chalk · formation
Relating to rivers
riverbed · lakebed · seabed · plume · suspended · turbidity · delta · mudflat
Atmospheric breakdown of materials
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- scourClean by hard rubbing
- runoffExcess water drainage
- transportMoving things between places
suspension · turbidity · gullying · downcutting · streambank · detachment · entrainment · saltation
Study of ancient organisms
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
amber · petrified · coprolite · excavation · dating · extinction · ancient · buried
alluvium
Water-deposited loose sediment
mud · sand · gravel · detritus · precipitate · ooze · drift · outwash · loess · till
precipitate
Headlong and reckless
decantation · clarification · flocculation · coagulation · sink · subside · gravity · bottom · accumulate · suspension
strata
Parallel geological layers
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- shaleCompacted clay sediment
conglomerate · breccia · limestone · dolomite · mudstone · claystone · marl · chalk · formation · bedding
fluvial
Relating to rivers
estuarine · riverbed · lakebed · seabed · plume · suspended · turbidity · delta · mudflat · tidal
weathering
Atmospheric breakdown of materials
transport · suspension · turbidity · gullying · downcutting · streambank · detachment · entrainment · saltation · winnowing
paleontology
Study of ancient organisms
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- imprintMark from applied pressure
trace · amber · petrified · coprolite · excavation · dating · extinction · ancient · buried · organic
- earth scienceatmosphere, earthquake, geology, volcano, crust
- geology termsfossils, rock layers, schist, core sample, gneiss
- river featuresriverbed, riverbank, current, tributary, flow
- soil sciencesoil, topsoil, subsoil, clay, sand
- fermentation byproductslees, dregs, pomace, marc, spent grain
- Earth/Landearth, land, ground, soil, dirt
sedimentsolution
Answer or liquid mixture
solute · supernatant · clear liquid · filtrate · suspension
sedimentsupernatant
Liquid above precipitate
flotsam · foam · froth · floating debris · suspended particles
- sedimentary rockLayered geological formation
- lake sedimentsMaterial settling in lakes
- sedimentary layersAccumulated geological deposits
- loose sediment
- sediment layersAccumulated deposits in sequence
sediments, sedimentary, sedimentation, sedimented, sedimenting, sedimentary rock