Sentence examples for of fine clay from inspiring English sources

Dirt, particles of fine clay, or chewed wood glued together with saliva or excreta are used to build nests.

BSC cover was higher in the old riverbed, which has a higher proportion of fine clay soil particles, than in the aeolian plain.

Tests on rock samples by Nasa's Curiosity rover revealed the presence of fine clay minerals that formed in a standing body of water, and coarse-grained sandstones laid down by river flows that drained into the lake.

Sensitivity analysis of the model confirms that soil and landscape interact: variables controlling amount and position of fine clay have the largest effect on erosion, and erosion variables control among others the amount of chemical weathering.

Their yellow color originates from abundance of fine clay particles.

The matrix of gas shale consists of fine clay minerals and organic matter, and pore space reduces largely due to the compaction and cementation of these very fine grains (Wang et al. 2013; Li et al. 2007).

They are machine-pressed, made of fine clays, thoroughly vitrified, and very hard.

It consists largely of fine clays and sands and contains a variety of topographies, including old ridges, clay flats, and swamps.

The slow settling of fine clays in oil sands residuals results in the generation of very large amounts of fine tailings that must be stored in dammed impoundments.

The Rann is divided into two areas, Great Rann and Little Rann, which are covered by a layer of salt and a thin layer of fine clays (Fig. 1a).

Later, the water was decanted, and the remaining slurry containing fines portion was air dried for sufficient time to obtain flakes of fines (clay and silt).