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Use of a more specific term is recommended; consult terms listed below
Alternative terms
UF
↸
Sedimentary deposits
More specific terms
NT3
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Alluvial deposits
NT3
↓
Anoxic sediments
NT3
↓
Authigenic minerals
►
▼
NT4
↓
Evaporites
NT4
↓
Ironstone
NT3
↓
Biogenic deposits
►
▼
NT4
↓
Coral reefs
►
▼
NT5
↓
Barrier reefs
NT5
↓
Fringing reefs
NT4
↓
Organic sediments
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▼
NT5
↓
Peat
NT5
↓
Sapropels
NT5
↓
vegetation
NT4
↓
Siliceous sediments
NT3
↓
Carbonate sediments
NT3
↓
Chemical sediments
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▼
NT4
↓
Concretions
NT4
↓
Ferruginous deposits
NT4
↓
Hydrothermal deposits
NT4
↓
Manganese deposits
NT4
↓
Metalliferous sediments
NT4
↓
Nodules
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▼
NT5
↓
Ferromanganese nodules
NT5
↓
Phosphorite nodules
NT4
↓
Phosphate deposits
NT4
↓
Submarine cements
NT4
↓
Sulphide deposits
NT3
↓
Clastics
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▼
NT4
↓
Arenites
NT4
↓
Bentonite
NT4
↓
Boulders
NT4
↓
Breccia
NT4
↓
Clays
►
▼
NT5
↓
Colloidal clay
NT5
↓
Pelagic clay
NT4
↓
Cobblestone
NT4
↓
Contourites
NT4
↓
Flysch
NT4
↓
Gravel
NT4
↓
Marlstone
NT4
↓
Mud
►
▼
NT5
↓
Fluid mud
NT4
↓
Mudstone
NT4
↓
Pebbles
NT4
↓
Sand
NT4
↓
Sandstone
►
▼
NT5
↓
Oil sands
NT4
↓
Shale
►
▼
NT5
↓
Oil shale
NT4
↓
Shingle
NT4
↓
Silt
NT4
↓
Siltstone
NT4
↓
Turbidites
NT3
↓
Cohesionless sediments
NT3
↓
Cohesive sediments
NT3
↓
Littoral deposits
NT3
↓
Oxic sediments
NT3
↓
Pelagic sediments
NT3
↓
Recent sediments
NT3
↓
Relict sediments
NT3
↓
Resuspended sediments
NT3
↓
Sediment sources
NT3
↓
Terrigenous sediments
NT3
↓
Volcanogenic deposits
Related terms
RT
⇆
Aggregates
RT
⇆
Allochthonous deposits
RT
⇆
Argillaceous deposits
RT
⇆
Autochthonous deposits
RT
⇆
Biological rafting
RT
⇆
Bioturbation
RT
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Catagenesis
RT
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Cosmic dust
RT
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Detrital deposits
RT
⇆
Lithofacies
RT
⇆
Melanges
RT
⇆
Oozes
RT
⇆
Petrology
RT
⇆
Provenance
RT
⇆
Salt deposits
RT
⇆
Sediment analysis
RT
⇆
Sediment collections
RT
⇆
Sediment density
RT
⇆
Sediment distribution
RT
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Sediment mixing
RT
⇆
Sediment movement
RT
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Sediment noise
RT
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Sediment sorting
RT
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Sediment temperature
RT
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Sediment texture
RT
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Sediment transport
RT
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Sediment-water interface
RT
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Sedimentary environments
RT
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Sedimentary rocks
RT
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Sedimentary structures
RT
⇆
Sedimentation
RT
⇆
Sedimentology
RT
⇆
Soils
RT
⇆
Stratigraphic correlation
RT
⇆
structures
RT
⇆
Tidal deposits
EQ
sedimentos
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Date of creation
07-Jan-2014
Accepted term
07-Jan-2014
Descendant terms
0
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18
Alternative terms
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Related terms
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