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As shown in Figure 9.5, typical P-wave velocities are between 0.5 km/s and 2.5 km/s in unconsolidated sediments, and between 3.0 km/s and 6.5 km/s in solid crustal rocks.
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The products of weathering and erosion are the unconsolidated materials that we find around us on slopes, beneath glaciers, in stream valleys, on beaches, and in deserts.
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Groundwater is stored in the open spaces within rocks and within unconsolidated sediments.
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Some unconsolidated materials, such as river-flood deposits, make for especially good soils because they tend to be rich in clay minerals.
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As the first hint of daybreak brightened the eastern horizon, the rocky, terraced terrain we’d been ascending gave way to a broad gully of unconsolidated snow.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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