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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

• 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 — 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 — sɪlt n. fine particles of sand and other earthy matter which are carried and deposited by water v. fill or obstruct with silt; become filled with or obstructed by silt …   English contemporary dictionary

• Silt —   Waste from Pennsylvania anthracite preparation plants, consisting of coarse rock fragments containing as much as 30 percent small sized coal; sometimes defined as including very fine coal particles called silt. Its heat value ranges from 8 to… …   Energy terms

• 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 — mineral particles 0.02 0.002 mm (or 0.004 0.062 mm, sources vary) in diameter, intermediate between clay and sand …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• clayey silt —    1. An unconsolidated sediment containing 40–75% silt, 12.5–50% clay, and 0–20% sand.    2. An unconsolidated sediment containing more particles of silt size than of clay size, more than 10% clay, and less than 10% of all other coarser sizes …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• anthracite silt — noun : minute particles of anthracite too fine to be used in ordinary combustion …   Useful english dictionary

• Clastic rock — A thin section of a clast (sand grain), derived from a basalt score. Vesicles (air bubbles) can be seen throughout the clast. Plane light above, cross polarized light below. Scale box is 0.25 mm Clastic rocks are composed of fragments, or clasts …   Wikipedia