单词 | resediment |
释义 | resedimentv. Chiefly Geology. transitive. To redeposit (a sediment); spec. (of water, etc.) to move (previously deposited sediment) from one location to another. Occasionally also intransitive (of a sediment): to resettle. ΚΠ 1877 P. Frazer in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1876–7 16 651 In the making of the newer beds the older were ground up and redistributed (re-sedimented would better express the idea). 1970 Jrnl. Virol. 5 502 Deoxyribonuclease-treated and untreated complexes were resedimented in sucrose gradients. 1973 Nature 26 Jan. 267/2 Most coarse material resedimented from modern stable continental shelves passes down submarine canyons. 1997 Bull. Volcanol. 58 628/1 The tephra was resedimented around the volcano flanks, mainly by coarse-grained sediment gravity flows. 2006 PLoS Pathogens (online journal, accessed 30 Jan. 2009) 2 0122/2 Compact pellets, formed by resedimenting each fraction in an ultracentrifuge, were fixed, sectioned, and examined by E[lectron] M[icroscope]. Derivatives reˈsedimented adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > sedimentation > [adjective] > resedimented resedimented1950 1950 Science 7 July 22/1 Thrombin was also prepared by the addition to prothrombin of calcium and resedimented thromboplastin. 1957 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 65 231/1 Migliorini coined the term ‘resedimented rocks’ which is not entirely unambiguous but is nevertheless useful as a short way of referring to the deposits of turbidity currents. 1992 Geol. Mag. 129 573/2 The..formations represent proximal accumulations of resedimented material formed during a period of tectonic reconfiguration of the basin and uplift of its eastern margin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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