silt rock

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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|stone — «SIHLT STOHN», noun. a fine grained rock formed of consolidated silt …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• rock — rock1 rockless, adj. rocklike, adj. /rok/, n. 1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like. 2. Geol. a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable… …   Universalium

• Rock — /rok/, n. a male given name. * * * I In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of minerals. The three major classes of rock igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic are based on the processes that formed them. These three classes are… …   Universalium

• Silt (Mistle Thrush album) — Infobox Album Name = Silt Type = studio Artist = Mistle Thrush Released = 1995 Recorded = Genre = Rock, Goth Length = Label = Bedazzled Producer = Y. Mike Mistle Thrush Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg sql …   Wikipedia

• 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

• rock — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. swing, sway, oscillate, teeter. See oscillation. n. crag, boulder, cliff, stone; refuge, haven, support, defense; slang, diamond, jewel, gem. See land, stability. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …   English dictionary for students

• 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 —   a particle of rock/mineral with a diameter between 0.01 and 0.1mm …   Geography glossary

• sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… …   Universalium