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lithosphere > sediment > sludge

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sludge  

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  • 1) A soft, soupy, or muddy bottom deposit, such as found on tideland or in a stream bed. 2) A semifluid, slushy, murky mass of sediment resulting from treatment of water, sewage, or industrial and mining wastes, and often appearing as local bottom deposits in polluted bodies of water.

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7733

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