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A sediment is any loose material that has
`settled', deposited from suspension in
water, ice, or air, generally as the water
current or wind speed decreases. Sediments
differ from sedimentary rocks in which
deposits are fused together in a solid mass
of rock by a process called diagenesis.
Subject by: Shaun Jay