sedimentary
/sɛdɪˈmɛntri
/adjective
1Relating to sediment.This habitat is dominated by fine sedimentary material, brought into the estuary by the tidal flow, which forms the mud flats....
- Rifts typically also exhibit characteristic seismic and volcanic features, and contain thick sedimentary deposits.
1.1 Geology (Of rock) that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.Above these sedimentary rocks is a sequence of interbedded alluvial floodplain deposits and palaeosols....
- However, the fossil graveyard is a sedimentary basin where fossils would be concentrated.
- The present juxtaposition of the two sedimentary basins may have resulted from two separate events.
