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22:47 Apr 1, 2011
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Science - Geology
Spanish term or phrase: aporte de sedimentos
Dentro del área de la Cuenca occuren procesos de sedimentación recientes con aportes de sedimentos marinos de origen biogénico que se originan en la columna de agua....
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4 +1sediment deposit/deposit of sediment/sedimentationgallagy2
3 +2depositions of (marine) sedimentspclews
5sediment supplyChristine Laurin
4doses of sediments
Eileen Brophy


  

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doses of sediments


Explanation:
This should be the expression

The origin of dose distributions in fluvial sediments, and the ...

by JM Olley - 1999 - Cited by 119 - Related articles
To determine the field dose rate, sediment samples were taken immediately above, beside, and below each of the OSL samples, and then combined for analysis. ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1350448799000402

Eileen Brophy
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sediment supply


Explanation:
Within the sentence, one option would be:
...recent sedimentation with a supply of biogenic marine sediments from the water column.

Christine Laurin
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depositions of (marine) sediments


Explanation:
I read it as recent sedimentation consisting of marine sediments, rather that recent sedimentation including marine sediments mixed with others.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deposition_%28geology%29
pclews
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deborah Lockett: yes, it's about sedimentation processes
4 hrs
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agree  Rachel Fell: ...of marine sediments of biogenic origin...
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sediment deposit/deposit of sediment/sedimentation


Explanation:
I'd probably go with just "sedimentation" depending on rest of context

Estudio inicial de aporte de sedimentos del río Jequetepeque al embalse Gallito Ciego. El presente estudio obtiene resultados iniciales de la sedimentación ...
www.infoandina.org › Recursos - Cached

sedimentation n. The act or process of depositing sediment.
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Beach sands and river channel deposits are examples of fluvial transport and deposition, though sediment also often settles out of slow-moving or standing ...

Classification - Sediment transport - Shores and shallow seas
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sediment , deposit matter deposited by some natural process.
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alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium, alluvion - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/sediment - Cached - Similar


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agree  Chris E
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