sediment
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Across the full year, however, the buildup of sediments, plant matter, and deadwood resulted in significant net carbon storage.
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The researchers analyzed water, sediment, and fish during both the rainy and dry seasons.
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The team also mapped how far the freshwater extends beneath Farmington Bay and estimated how deep the water-saturated sediments go by identifying the underlying basement structure.
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These deposits formed when animals that died on the surface were washed into underground cavities, where they were eventually buried by sediment.
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That estimate relied on the assumption that sediment built up at roughly the same rate after the extinction as it did beforehand.
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