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sediment - determining definition #183

Open cmungall opened 16 years ago

cmungall commented 16 years ago

At the Envo meeting, determining how to handle this term. Deciding that this term is both aquatic and terrestrial.

One possible definition.

Sediment. Solid material (both mineral and organic) that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water, gravity, or ice and has come to rest on the earth’s surface. http://www.hancockcoingov.org/surveyor/drainage\_glossary\_of\_terms.asp

Original comment by: lynn_schriml

cmungall commented 16 years ago

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The proposed definition includes:

> and has come to rest on the earth’s surface.

...and the decision about aquatic versus terrestrial was to have "sediment" to be both.

For this to work, we need to either replace "earth's surface" or to add somewhere a definition of "earth's surface" that would include river beds, the seabed, etc., right?

Original comment by: kevin_b_cohen

cmungall commented 14 years ago

is this item still relevant?

currently sediment is a kind of environmental matter. none of the other types of environmental matter have links to aquatic or territorial habitats, with the exception of soil, which is part_of terrestial habitat

Original comment by: cmungall

nlharris commented 2 years ago

can this be closed?