Regolith vs Sediment - What's the difference?
regolith | sediment |
(geology) The layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on earth, the moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. There can also be sub-marine regolith.)
A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
As nouns the difference between regolith and sediment
is that regolith is the layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on earth, the moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. There can also be sub-marine regolith. while sediment is a collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.As a verb sediment is
to deposit material as a sediment.regolith
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(wikipedia sediment)Noun
(en noun)- The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.
