sédiment - translation to English
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sédiment - translation to English

PARTICULATE MATTER THAT IS DEPOSITED ON THE SURFACE OF LAND
Sediments; Detrital sediment; Sea Sediment; Sedements; Sedimented; Sedimentary soil; Sedimentary layer; Lake sediment; Fluviatile sediment; Sediment (geology)
  • Pennsylvanian]]), Coalburn Pit, near Thorburn, Nova Scotia.
  • [[Holocene]] [[eolianite]] and a carbonate beach on [[Long Island, Bahamas]]
  • Glacial sediments from Montana
  • Glacial transport of boulders. These boulders will be deposited as the glacier retreats.
  • [[Hjulström curve]]: the velocities of currents required for erosion, transportation, and deposition (sedimentation) of sediment particles of different sizes}}
  • Modern asymmetric ripples developed in sand on the floor of the Hunter River, New South Wales, Australia. Flow direction is from right to left.
  • Comparison chart for evaluating roundness of sediment grains
  • rounding]] (horizontal).
  • Sediment in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]
  • Sediment off the [[Yucatán Peninsula]]
  • River discharging sediment into the ocean}}
  • Sinuous-crested dunes exposed at low tide in the Cornwallis River near Wolfville, Nova Scotia
  • Sediment builds up on human-made breakwaters because they reduce the speed of water flow, so the stream cannot carry as much sediment load.

sédimentation         
n. sedimentation, accumulation of deposits
sédiments      
n. settlings, solid material that sinks to the bottom of a liquid and accumulates
sédiment         
n. sediment, solid matter which settles at the bottom of a liquid; material deposited by ice or wind or water (Geology)

Definition

sediment
¦ noun
1. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
2. Geology particulate matter carried by water or wind and deposited on the land surface or seabed.
¦ verb settle or deposit as sediment.
Derivatives
sedimentation noun
Origin
C16: from Fr. sediment or L. sedimentum 'settling'.

Wikipedia

Sediment

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.

Examples of use of sédiment
1. Jean Jourdheuil raconte comment ce théâtre est sédiment de mémoire, feu au creux de la plaie.
2. Les murs sont un peu jaunes, c‘est le sable de La Sarraz, sédiment de la région, qui fait ça.» Si Romainmôtier est lég';rement encaissé, l‘orientation de la maison est parfaite.
3. Ce sont nos aďeux qui, par vagues, ont élaboré et nous ont transmis nos outils, savoir–faire et valeurs – toutes richesses matérielles et immatérielles dont l‘actuel patrimoine humain n‘est que le sédiment.