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Silt vs Cyclopel - What's the difference?

silt | cyclopel |

As nouns the difference between silt and cyclopel

is that silt is while cyclopel is (geology) a rhythmic silt–clay lamination formed in a tide-water glacial marine inlet .

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

    Anagrams

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    cyclopel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A rhythmic silt–clay lamination formed in a tide-water glacial marine inlet.

    • Related terms

    *cyclopsam

    See also

    * ("cyclopel" on Wikipedia)