sediment

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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

By examining how sound waves traveled through underground layers and combining those results with other imaging methods, the team mapped sediment structures and determined the depth of the crust beneath the rift.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 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

Instead, they recovered sediment that later helped scientists discover the ice sheet had been much smaller around 400,000 years ago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Because Dillehay’s team had failed to identify properly the location of the stone tools in Monte Verde, Fiedel said, their antiquity was up to question; they could have been in a recent sediment layer.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann