detritus

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debris or fragments of disintegrated material
Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals
pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion
1. Loose fragments or grains that have been worn away from rock.2. Disintegrated or eroded matter.3. Accumulated material; debris
Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something has been used. the detritus of war. pieces of waste that remain after something has been broken up or used (past participle of deterere )
Waste by-products from tool manufacture Most frequently applied to chips and fragments resulting from stone flaking
Decaying material from once living plants and animals
Small fragments of rock which have been worn or broken away from a mass by the action of water or WAVES
Minute fragments of plant parts found on the soil surface When fused together by algae or soil particles, this is an indicator that surface water was recently present
Boulders, rocks, gravel, sand, soil that has eroded from mountains over time
the particulate decomposition or disintegration products of plankton, including dead cells, cell fragments, fecal pellets, shells, and skeletons, and sometimes mineral particles in coastal waters
Dead plant and animal matter, usually consumed by bacteria, but some remains
{i} debris, rubbish, waste, disintegrated matter; (Geology) rock in small particles, fragments of rocks; (Ecology) organic debris created by disintegration of animals or plants
Organic debris derived from living organisms upon their death
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus
mainly geological: pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion
Dead organic matter, both plant and animal
a major food-source in a variety of ecosystems, consisting of organic remains of plants and animals, often heavily colonised by bacteria
Loose fragments, particles, or grains that have been formed by disintegrating rocks; or dead organic material in the process of decomposition
In biology, detritus is organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals
Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration
flotsam and jetsam
This is the grey mulm that accumulates in piles in the tank in crevices and under rocks It is the dust-bunnies of the reef tank and is made up of various cast-off particles from corals and other biological processes in the tank
Decomposed plant and animal matter that has been worked to sediment size through the action of water and sand
The dead and/or decaying remains of plants and animals
Material formed by mechanical breakage or abrasion of parent rocks Detrital is the descriptive term
1 ) A general term for loose rock fragments produced by mechanical weathering Also used in reference to other small particles of inorganic or organic matter 2) Organic matter produced by the decay or disintegration of a substance or tissue (Morris 1992)
loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
- fresh to partly decomposed plant or animal material
A combination of relatively heavy, coarse solids comprised of sand, grit, and organic matter usually having a Stokes'-law settling velocity equal to or greater than a particle with a 0 2 mm effective diameter and a 2 65 specific gravity
Loose material such as rock fragments and organic particles, that result directly from disintegration of the parent material Synonymous with debris
Accumulated organic debris from dead organisms, often an important source of nutrients in a food web
Parts of dead organisms and cast-off fragments and wastes of living organisms The forest floor is covered in detritus
Waste material that accumulated in gray piles in the aquarium Detritus is high in nutrients and should be removed when possible to help prevent the growth of unwanted algae
(di trt' s) The matter, such as leaves and other organic debris, that accumulates on the forest floor
Shed tissues, dead bodies and waste products of organisms In most ecosystems, detritus accumulates at the soil surface and other types of surface sediments
Sediments or fragments of loose, disaggregated rock are known as detritus These fragments are angular and of varying size, and are easily transportable They accumulated at the base of slopes
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Consisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus
detrital
- a rock formed from the accumulation of solid fragments transported from a source area to a site of deposition (beach, basin, stream channel, lake, etc )
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Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus
detrital
A collective term for loose rock and mineral material worn off or removed by mechanical means from pre-existing rock
detrital
Formed from detritus of preexisting rock This is particularly for rocks, minerals, and sediments composed of precursor components
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1 Pertaining to detritus 2 A rock formed from detritus
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Consisting of or pertaining to, geological detritus
detrital
{s} of waste or disintegrated matter, of debris
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