SEDIMENTS
type: Concept
change note: 2018-03-07 10:47:46.0 [tstevens] insert Definition (id: null text: Naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles. For example, sand and silt can be carried in suspension in river water and on reaching the sea be deposited by sedimentation and if buried this may eventually become sandstone and siltstone, (sedimentary rocks). language code: en);
change note: 2018-03-07 08:10:15.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (SEDIMENTS [6d2511f8-4503-4237-93a9-34a3b369fe00,310681] - SOLIDS [fad79bec-0672-4c71-8910-174c8985a1b9,310631]);
in scheme: sciencekeywords
definition: Naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles. For example, sand and silt can be carried in suspension in river water and on reaching the sea be deposited by sedimentation and if buried this may eventually become sandstone and siltstone, (sedimentary rocks).

SOLIDS
type: Concept