- sedimentology
- noun Date: 1932 a branch of science that deals with sedimentary rocks and their inclusions • sedimentologic or sedimentological adjective • sedimentologically adverb • sedimentologist noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Sedimentology — encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand [ Raymond Siever, Sand, Scientific American Library, New York (1988), ISBN 0 7167 5021 X.] , mud (silt), [ P.E. Potter, J.B. Maynard, and P.J. Depetris, Mud and Mudstones: Introduction and… … Wikipedia
sedimentology — [sed΄ə mən täl′ə jē] n. the branch of geology that deals with sediment and sedimentary rocks sedimentologist n … English World dictionary
sedimentology — sedimentologic /sed euh men tl oj ik/, sedimentological, adj. sedimentologist, n. /sed euh meuhn tol euh jee/, n. Geol. the study of sedimentary rocks. [1935 40; SEDIMENT + o + LOGY] * * * Scientific discipline concerned with the physical and… … Universalium
sedimentology — noun The study of natural sediments and of the processes by which they are formed … Wiktionary
sedimentology — study of sediment Sciences and Studies … Phrontistery dictionary
sedimentology — sed·i·men·tol·o·gy … English syllables
sedimentology — sed•i•men•tol•o•gy [[t]ˌsɛd ə mənˈtɒl ə dʒi[/t]] n. gel the study of sedimentary rocks • Etymology: 1935–40 sed i•men to•log′ic ˌmɛn tlˈɒdʒ ɪk sed i•men to•log′i•cal,adj. sed i•men•tol′o•gist, n … From formal English to slang
sedimentology — jē noun ( es) Etymology: sediment (I) + o + logy : the description, classification, and interpretation of sediments … Useful english dictionary
Maturity (sedimentology) — In sedimentology, maturity describes the composition of grains in sandstones occurring from various amounts of sediment transportation. It occurs when the grains in a sediment become well sorted and well rounded due to weathering of the grains.… … Wikipedia
Imbrication (sedimentology) — In sedimentology imbrication refers to a primary depositional fabric consisting of a preferred orientation of clasts such that they overlap one another in a consistent fashion, rather like a run of toppled dominoes. Imbrication is observed in… … Wikipedia
