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Silt vs Cryoconite - What's the difference?

silt | cryoconite |

As nouns the difference between silt and cryoconite

is that silt is while cryoconite is (geology) brown silt that consists of airborne volcanic sediment or soot particles from artificial pollutants, and water from ablation of ice sheets.

silt

English

Noun

  • Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
  • Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
  • (geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

    • See also

    * alluvium * varve

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To clog or fill with silt.
  • To become clogged with silt.
  • To flow through crevices; to percolate.

    • Derived terms

    * silt up

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    cryoconite

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (geology) brown silt that consists of airborne volcanic sediment or soot particles from artificial pollutants, and water from ablation of ice sheets