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Descriptor English: Geologic Sediments
Descriptor Spanish: Sedimentos Geológicos
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): Neige marine
Sédiments Marins (Santé Environnementale)
Sédiments marins
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)
Allowable Qualifiers: AN analyse
CH composition chimique
CL classification
MI microbiologie
PS parasitologie
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 32742
Unique ID: D019015
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/05/24
Revision Date: 2019/02/22
Sédiments géologiques - Preferred
Concept UI M0028394
Preferred term Sédiments géologiques
Entry term(s) Sédiments Marins (Santé Environnementale)
Sédiments marins - Narrower
Concept UI M0028393
Preferred term Sédiments marins
Neige marine - Narrower
Concept UI M000647296
Preferred term Neige marine



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