sediment

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By analyzing sediment cores from Laguna Itzan, a nearby lake, Gwinneth and his team have been piecing together a long-term record of both environmental conditions and human activity in the region.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Retrofitting the warehouse for immigration detention would create construction sediment that would run into nearby waterways, Maryland’s lawsuit argued, and housing hundreds of people there would strain the water supply and create sewage overflows.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

Researchers hope the tubes of Martian rock, soil and sediment can eventually be brought back to Earth for study.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

"So the boats overflow and over-spill sediment, propellers churn sediment up on the lake bed and there's run-off from the storage yards."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Dad told me about all his plans and showed me his pages of graphs and calculations and geological charts, depicting the layers of sediment where the gold was buried.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls