Silt
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silt-174-16571281
title:
Silt
text:
Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay and composed mostly of broken grains of quartz. Silt may occur as a soil or as sediment mixed in suspension with water. Silt usually has a floury feel when dry, and lacks plasticity when wet. Silt can also be felt by the tongue as granular when placed on the front teeth. Silt is a common material, making up 45% of average modern mud. It is found in many river deltas and as wind-deposited accumulations, particularly in central Asia, north
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Classification of soil or sediment
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silt
date created:
2003-01-17T23:09:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T23:13:57Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Windrow_of_windblown_glacial_silt%2C_NWT.jpg","width":818,"height":1200}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16