sediments
n. 沉澱物( sediment的名詞複數 ); 沉積物
Sediment is solid material that settles at the bottom of a liquid, especially earth and pieces of rock that have been carried along and then left somewhere by water, ice, or wind.
Many organisms that die in the sea are soon buried by sediment.
海洋裡死亡的許多生物會很快被沉澱物掩埋。
...ocean sediments.
海洋沉澱物
Vintage ports must be decanted to remove natural sediments.
上等的波爾圖葡萄酒必須倒入其他容器中以濾除自然沉澱物。
When deposited , 70 - 80 % of the volume of muddy sediments may be water.
泥質沉積物沉積後, 體積的70-80%是水.
Oligocene erosion had truncated the sediments draped over the dome.
覆蓋於穹丘上的沉積岩為漸新世侵蝕所截削.
The coarse sediments have generally accumulated along the continental margins.
粗粒沉積物一般沿大陸邊緣堆積.
Loose sediments may be changed into solid sedimentary rocks.
鬆散的沉積物可以變成堅硬的沉積岩.