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• Silt — is soil or rock derived granular material of a grain size between sand and clay. Silt may occur as a soil or as suspended sediment in a surface water body. It may also exist as soil deposited at the bottom of a water body. Source Silt is… …   Wikipedia

• silt — siltation, n. silty, adj. /silt/, n. 1. earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment. v.i. 2. to become filled or choked up with silt. v.t. 3. to fill or choke up with silt. [1400 50; late… …   Universalium

• Clay — For other uses, see Clay (disambiguation). The Gay Head cliffs in Martha s Vineyard consist almost entirely of clay. Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic… …   Wikipedia

• silt — [silt] n. [ME cylte, prob. < Scand, as in Norw & Dan dial. sylt, salt marsh, akin to OHG sulza, brine: for IE base see SALT] 1. sediment suspended in stagnant water or carried by moving water, that often accumulates on the bottom of rivers,… …   English World dictionary

• silt — ► NOUN ▪ fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment. ► VERB ▪ fill or block with silt. DERIVATIVES siltation noun silty adjective. ORIGIN probably originally denoting a salty deposit; related to… …   English terms dictionary

• clay|pan — «KLAY PAN», noun. 1. U.S. a layer of clay in the soil. 2. (in Australia) a slight depression or shallow hole in the surface of the ground, having a bottom of clay or silt …   Useful english dictionary

• clay —    1. A rock or mineral fragment or a detrital particle of any composition smaller than a very fine silt grain, having a diameter less than 1/256 mm (4 microns, or 0.00016 in., or 8 phi units.) This size is approximately the upper limit of size… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• silt — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cylte, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect sylt beach flooded at high tide; akin to Old High German sulza salt marsh, Old English sealt salt Date: 15th century 1. loose sedimentary material …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• silt — noun 1》 fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment. 2》 technical sediment whose particles are between clay and sand in size (typically 0.002–0.06 mm). verb fill or block or become filled or blocked… …   English new terms dictionary

• silt loam — noun Etymology: silt (I) : soil containing not less than 70 percent silt and clay and not less than 20 percent sand …   Useful english dictionary

• clay loam —    A soil containing 27–40% clay, 20–45% sand, and the remainder silt …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology