- 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
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Geologic Sediments
Preferred Term
Term UI
T056747
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1996)
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Geologic Sediment
Term UI
T056744
Date02/22/1995
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1996)
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Sediment, Geologic
Term UI
T056745
Date02/22/1995
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1996)
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Sediments, Geologic
Term UI
T056746
Date02/09/1995
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1996)