fine-grained sediment
11Abyssal plain — Abyssal plains are flat or very gently sloping areas of the deep ocean basin floor. They are among the Earth s flattest and smoothest regions and the least explored. Abyssal plains cover approximately 40% of the ocean floor and reach depths… …
12playa — /pluy euh/, n. Western U.S. the sandy, salty, or mud caked flat floor of a desert basin having interior drainage, usually occupied by a shallow lake during or after prolonged, heavy rains. Cf. dry lake. [1850 55, Amer.; < Sp: shore < LL plagia;… …
13Jeanne (crater) — venus crater data caption= latitude=40.1 N or S=N longitude=331.5 E or W=E diameter=19.4 km eponym=French first nameJeanne is an impact crater on Venus. The distinctive triangular shape of the ejecta indicates that the impacting body probably hit …
14Quaternary glaciation — The Ice Age redirects here. For other uses, see Ice age (disambiguation). Last ice age redirects here. This term is also used for the last glacial period of the Quaternary glaciation. Northern Hemisphere glaciation during the Last Glacial Maximum …
15Playa — A playa (or pan) is a dry or ephemeral lakebed, generally extending to the shore, or a remnant of, an endorheic lake. Such flats consist of fine grained sediments infused with alkali salts. Playas are also known as alkali flats, sabkhas, dry… …
16Thixotropy — is the property of some non Newtonian pseudoplastic fluids to show a time dependent change in viscosity; the longer the fluid undergoes shear stress, the lower its viscosity. A thixotropic fluid is a fluid which takes a finite amount of time to… …
17Diahot River — Basin countries New Caledonia Diahot is the longest river of New Caledonia, flowing for some 60 miles (100 kilometres).[1]It has a catchment area of 620 square kilometres and opens north westward into the Baie d Harcourt, flowing towards the… …
18frost boil — A small mound of fresh soil material formed by frost action. A type of nonsorted circle commonly found in fine grained sediment underlain by permafrost, or formed in areas affected by seasonal frost. Compare: patterned ground. NRC …
19заполнение (геол.) — — [http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en] EN silting up The filling or partial filling with silt of a reservoir that receives fine grained sediment brought in by streams and surface runoff. (Source: BJGEO)… …
20loess — Fine grained and poorly consolidated windblown sediment, mainly of silt. Great thicknesses of loess are found in areas marginal to hot and cold deserts, where the prevailing wind deposits fine dust particles blown from the desert basins or out …
