unconsolidated
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Consolidation and cementation during the process of lithification of unconsolidated sediments into sedimentary rocks reduces primary porosity.
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An aquifer is defined as a body of rock or unconsolidated sediment that has sufficient permeability to allow water to flow through it.
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Why is earthquake damage likely to be more severe for buildings built on unconsolidated sediments as opposed to solid rock?
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The key reason for this is that Mexico City was built largely on the unconsolidated and water-saturated sediment of former Lake Texcoco.
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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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