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MeSH Heading: Geologic Sediments
Tree Number(s): G01.311.330; G16.500.320
Unique ID: D019015
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019015
Scope Note: A mass of organic or inorganic solid fragmented material, or the solid fragment itself, that comes from the weathering of rock and is carried by, suspended in, or dropped by air, water, or ice. It refers also to a mass that is accumulated by any other natural agent and that forms in layers on the earth's surface, such as sand, gravel, silt, mud, fill, or loess. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1689)
Entry Version: GEOL SEDIMENTS
Entry Term(s): Geologic Sediment; Marine Oil Snow; Marine Snow; Sediment, Geologic; Sediments, Geologic; Sediments, Marine
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/05/24
Revision Date: 2019/02/22

Allowable Qualifiers: analysis (AN)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0028394
Scope Note: A mass of organic or inorganic solid fragmented material, or the solid fragment itself, that comes from the weathering of rock and is carried by, suspended in, or dropped by air, water, or ice. It refers also to a mass that is accumulated by any other natural agent and that forms in layers on the earth's surface, such as sand, gravel, silt, mud, fill, or loess. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1689)
Terms: Geologic Sediments Preferred Term
Term UI T056747
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Sediment, Geologic
Term UI T056745
Date02/22/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Sediments, Geologic
Term UI T056746
Date02/09/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Geologic Sediment
Term UI T056744
Date02/22/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

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