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  • Sediment incubation cores
    Rights: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Published 3 December 2007 Size: 64 KB Referencing Hub media

    Sediment1 incubation2 cores monitored by laboratory assistant Dwaye Monkley.

    1. sediments: Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid. In geology, it describes the solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water or ice.
    2. incubate: To hatch eggs by sitting on them or by the use of artificial heat. To maintain a favourable temperature and/or conditions to promote development.
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    2. Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid. In geology, it describes the solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water or ice.

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    4. To hatch eggs by sitting on them or by the use of artificial heat. To maintain a favourable temperature and/or conditions to promote development.