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Q: What is a thick accumulation of sediments and small tell if blocks formed of material scraped off a descending lithospheric plate?
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Are sediments?

Sediments in geology are solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock or biological processes and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice. Sediments are types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material from the Earth's surface. There are different types of sediments rocks.


What is a loose material that sinks to the bottom of water?

Sediments


What is the material that is dropped from streams rivers and lakes?

Sediments.


How can you remove floating sediments from water?

Pour the water over a meshy-type material and it will catch most of the sediments.


What is the source material in basaltic magma?

Oceanic crust and oceanic sediments.


What is the medical term meaning abnormal accumulation of fluid or other material within the lung that can be seen on xray or other radiologic evaluation?

An infiltrate is an accumulation of fluid or other material seen in the lung on imaging.


What rock is formed from tiny pieces of material such as sand?

sediments


What Produces an accumulation of oily material that is known has a blackhead?

sebaceous glands


What types of sediments are in solids?

All sediments are solids by their very nature. By definition, a sediment is the solid material that settles out of a liquid suspension.


What type of material do most fossils form in?

Sediments. Sedimentary materials.


What is loose grains of rock material called?

sand


Why can coal be described as both fossil and a sedimentary rock?

Coal is a rock formed from the accumulation and lithification of organic sediments, typically ancient plant material. Fossils are evidences of ancient life (in this case, ancient plant life), and therefore coal is a fossil as well as a sedimentary rock.