DeCS

Descriptor English:

Geologic Sediments

Descriptor Spanish:

Sedimentos Geológicos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	sedimentos geológicos
Entry term(s)	nieve marina nieve marina aceitosa nieve marina asociada al petróleo nieve marina oleosa sedimentos marinos sedimentos marinos (salud ambiental)
Scope note:	Masa de material fragmentado, orgánico o inorgánico, o los propios fragmentos sólidos, procedente de la erosión de las rocas y que es transportada por, suspendida en, o depositada por el aire, agua o hielo. También se refiere a la masa acumulada, por cualquier otro agente natural, en forma de capas sobre la superficie del suelo, como arena, grava, cieno, barros, relleno o aluvión. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1689)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Sedimentos Geológicos

Descriptor French:

Sédiments géologiques

Entry term(s):

Geologic Sediment
Marine Oil Snow
Marine Oil Snows
Marine Sediment
Marine Sediments
Marine Sediments (Environmental Health)
Marine Snow
Oil Snow, Marine
Sediment, Geologic
Sediment, Marine
Sediments, Geologic
Sediments, Marine
Snow, Marine Oil

Tree number(s):

G01.311.330
G16.500.320

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019015

Scope note:

A mass of organic or inorganic solid fragmented material, or the solid fragment itself, that comes from the weathering of rock and is carried by, suspended in, or dropped by air, water, or ice. It refers also to a mass that is accumulated by any other natural agent and that forms in layers on the earth's surface, such as sand, gravel, silt, mud, fill, or loess. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1689)

Concept UI	M0028394
Scope note	A mass of organic or inorganic solid fragmented material, or the solid fragment itself, that comes from the weathering of rock and is carried by, suspended in, or dropped by air, water, or ice. It refers also to a mass that is accumulated by any other natural agent and that forms in layers on the earth's surface, such as sand, gravel, silt, mud, fill, or loess. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1689)
Preferred term	Geologic Sediments
Entry term(s)	Geologic Sediment Marine Sediments (Environmental Health) Sediment, Geologic Sediments, Geologic

Concept UI	M0028393
Preferred term	Sediments, Marine
Entry term(s)	Marine Sediment Marine Sediments Sediment, Marine

Concept UI	M000647297
Preferred term	Marine Oil Snow
Entry term(s)	Marine Oil Snows Oil Snow, Marine Snow, Marine Oil

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