Sand and other sediments covered the salt bed and eventually were compressed into rock.
Some of the tills are separated from over- and underlying ones by ancient soils or other sediments of nonglacial character.
Images from satellites showed the ground here retained its heat even at night, a strong sign that it contained clays and other sediments.
Water fills the spaces between sandstone, gravel, clay and other sediments, which slow the water's lateral travel.
Layers of coarse debris and other sediments found blocking some canals appear to have been laid down suddenly.
Sexual reproduction often results in hypnozygotes (thick-walled resting cysts) that can remain dormant in mud and other sediments until conditions are favourable for growth.
The erosional forces of the sea and wind along the coast continuously mould the landscape, together with the huge amounts of silt and other sediments, deposited in the countless estuaries, visible in the water.
When yeasted and sugared wines have lain flat long enough to build up their sparkle, the yeast and other sediments inside the bottles must be removed; and how does one do that without losing the bubbles?
They typically form in environments where muds, silts, and other sediments were deposited by gentle transporting currents and became compacted, as, for example, the deep-ocean floor, basins of shallow seas, river floodplains, and playas.
Retreating glaciers are a problem because they leave rocks and other sediments that are poorly compacted and of different sizes, which can make footing treacherous and lead to rockfalls, said John H. Shaw, chairman of the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at Harvard University.
