SILT

Silt

Silt is granular material of a size somewhere between sand and clay whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar. Silt may occur as a soil or as suspended sediment in a surface water body. It may also exist as soil deposited at the bottom of a water body. Silt has a moderate specific area with a typically non-sticky, plastic feel. Silt usually has a floury feel when dry, and a slippery feel when wet. Silt can be visually observed with a hand lens.

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silt

Noun

  1. Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
  2. Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
  3. A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

Verb

  1. To clog or fill with silt.
  2. To become clogged with silt.
  3. To flow through crevices; to percolate.


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