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Keywords: Sediment, Unstratified, Unattached, Cement, Loose

Related Terms: Alluvium, Arenaceous, Argillaceous, Clastic, Clay, Cobble, Conglomerate , Deposit, Detrital, Gravel, Graywacke, Grit, Loam, Loess, Marl, Overburden, Placer, Sand, Sedimentary, Shale, Shingle, Silt, Till, Siltstone, Lithification, Tillite, Turbidite, Bedrock, Sedimentary Rocks, Diagenesis, Secondary Porosity, Volcanic Ash, Clay Soil, Ash, Soil Texture, Sedimentary Rock, Deposition, Regolith, Desert Pavement, Mudstone, Silica Sand, Placer Deposit, Boulder Clay, Graded Bedding, Gradation, Sandy Loam, Lithify, Aeolian Deposits, Crushed Rock, Greywacke

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Consisting of unattached grains.

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A term used when referring to sediment that has not been lithified into a rock. Uncemented.

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Loose earth material such as gravel, sand, or lava that hasn't solidified yet.

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loose and unstratified; "unconsolidated soil"

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