单词	sedimentary
释义	sedimentarysed‧i‧men‧ta‧ry /ˌsedəˈmentəri◂/ adjective technical Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It was formed by the heating and crushing of shale, a sedimentary rock which has hardened from mud. Limestone Any sedimentary rock consisting essentially of carbonates. Oil, gas, and coal, composed of organic carbon compounds, are found as economic deposits in sedimentary rocks. On Earth, the deposit of sedimentary rock at the bottom of the ocean is part of larger geological cycles. The deposits eventually become pressed under sedimentary weight into stone. There is already evidence that mining corporations are interested in probing beneath the sedimentary rocks to find new deposits. word sets WORD SETS► Geology agglomerate, nounalabaster, nounanthracite, nounasbestos, nounatoll, nounbasalt, nounbasin, nounbauxite, nounbed, nounbedrock, nounberyl, nounbluff, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncarboniferous, adjectivechalk, nounchalky, adjectivechasm, nounclay, nouncliff, nouncoal, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nounconglomerate, nouncontinental drift, nouncontinental shelf, nouncore, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncrater, nouncreek, nounCretaceous, adjectivecrevasse, nouncrust, nouncrystal, nouncrystalline, adjectivecrystallize, verbdelta, noundeposit, noundeposition, noundune, noundust bowl, nounearthquake, nounelevation, nounemery, nounepicentre, nounepoch, nounera, nounerode, verberosion, nounerupt, verbescarpment, nounestuary, nounextinct, adjectivefault, nounfeeder, nounfeldspar, nounfiord, nounfjord, nounflint, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefold, nounfool's gold, nounfossil, nounfossilize, verbfriable, adjectivegeology, noungeyser, nounglaciation, nounglacier, nounGondwanaland, granite, noungrassland, noungroundwater, noungulf, noungully, nounheadland, nounhinterland, nounhot spring, nounigneous, adjectiveimpervious, adjectiveinactive, adjectiveinlet, nounisthmus, nounjasper, nounjet, nounkaolin, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandslide, nounlandslip, nounlava, nounleach, verblevee, nounlime, nounlimestone, nounloam, nounlowlands, nounmagma, nounmarble, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmatrix, nounmetamorphic, adjectivemica, nounmineral, nounmineralogy, nounmining, nounmoraine, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmudslide, nounnugget, nounoasis, nounoilfield, nounore, nounoutcrop, nounpalaeontology, nounPalaeozoic, adjectivePangaea, peninsula, nounpermafrost, nounpetroleum, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplate, nounplate tectonics, nounporous, adjectivepothole, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounpromontory, nounpumice, nounpyrites, nounquartz, nounravine, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrift valley, nounriver, nounrock, nounrock salt, nounsand, nounsand bar, nounsandstone, nounsapphire, nounscarp, nounschist, nounscree, nounseam, nounsediment, nounsedimentary, adjectivesedimentation, nounseismic, adjectiveseismograph, nounseismology, nounsettlement, nounshale, nounshelf, nounshingle, nounsilica, nounsilicate, nounsilt, nounslate, nounstalactite, nounstalagmite, nounstone, nounstrait, nounstrata, stratified, adjectivestratum, nounsubsoil, nounsubstratum, nounsummit, nounterrain, nounthermal, adjectivetopaz, nountopsoil, nountor, nountremor, nountributary, nountrilobite, nountsunami, nountundra, nounturquoise, nounvalley, nounvein, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwater table, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► basin · Smaller-scale inset maps will provide information on metamorphic grade of orogenic terrains and the structure of Phanerozoic sedimentary basins.· There are even more examples of very thin units that persist over fantastically large areas in particular sedimentary basins. ► deposit · This phenomenon has been utilized for dating sedimentary deposits of quartz grains.· This picture is based on evidence derived from studying the shape of the landscape, sedimentary deposits and biological remains.· It has been added to by sedimentary deposits.· The most suitable places for fossilisation are in seas and lakes where sedimentary deposits like sandstones and limestones are slowly accumulating. ► rock · There is already evidence that mining corporations are interested in probing beneath the sedimentary rocks to find new deposits.· Oil, gas, and coal, composed of organic carbon compounds, are found as economic deposits in sedimentary rocks.· It was formed by the heating and crushing of shale, a sedimentary rock which has hardened from mud.· On Earth, the deposit of sedimentary rock at the bottom of the ocean is part of larger geological cycles.· Limestone Any sedimentary rock consisting essentially of carbonates.· As the microcontinents collided, they piled up the sedimentary rock along their shores into mountain belts.· The sedimentary rocks, with their coal seams, have been folded and faulted.· But they did not connect their ideas to the much earlier extinctions recorded in sedimentary rocks. made of the solid substances that settle at the bottom of the sea, rivers, lakes etc:  sedimentary rock sedimentary deposits
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