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What (who) is detrital sediments - definition
![[[Holocene]] [[eolianite]] and a carbonate beach on [[Long Island, Bahamas]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EolianiteLongIsland.JPG?width=200 "[[Holocene]] [[eolianite]] and a carbonate beach on [[Long Island, Bahamas]]")
![[[Hjulström curve]]: the velocities of currents required for erosion, transportation, and deposition (sedimentation) of sediment particles of different sizes}}](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hjulströms diagram en.PNG?width=200 "[[Hjulström curve]]: the velocities of currents required for erosion, transportation, and deposition (sedimentation) of sediment particles of different sizes}}")
![rounding]] (horizontal).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rounding & sphericity EN.svg?width=200 "rounding]] (horizontal).")
![Sediment in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sediment in the Gulf of Mexico.jpg?width=200 "Sediment in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]")
![Sediment off the [[Yucatán Peninsula]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sediment off the Yucatan Peninsula.jpg?width=200 "Sediment off the [[Yucatán Peninsula]]")
![Top of a metric regressive cycle with [[desiccation]]s, surface of bed dolomitised. Middle liassic of the High Atlas, Morocco.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Desiccation Rnim.jpg?width=200 "Top of a metric regressive cycle with [[desiccation]]s, surface of bed dolomitised. Middle liassic of the High Atlas, Morocco.")
Wikipedia
Sediment is a 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 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 bed deposited by sedimentation; if buried, they may eventually become sandstone and siltstone (sedimentary rocks) through lithification.
Sediments are most often transported by water (fluvial processes), but also wind (aeolian processes) and glaciers. Beach sands and river channel deposits are examples of fluvial transport and deposition, though sediment also often settles out of slow-moving or standing water in lakes and oceans. Desert sand dunes and loess are examples of aeolian transport and deposition. Glacial moraine deposits and till are ice-transported sediments.
