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2007-11-11 06:31:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Debris = the remains of anything destroyed or broken also, means accumulated loose fragments of rock.
The word debris is used a lot in medical terminology...to refer to the removal or dead tissue, dirt, fragments of foreign bodies that might be in a wound.
I would say you could use the word "debris" as you mention...BUT, I would also make a statement of what makes up the debris...so that is clear to the reader.
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2007-11-11 06:41:27 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would say that as erosion is they breaking down of rocks by transportation, there wouldn't be any deposition as all the rock fragments should be carried away, weathering leaves rock debris in situ, erosion results in the deposition of sediments not debris further down the rivers path when the water slows down and has less energy. Debris in terms of what rivers deposit or is left behind by flood waters normally means all the other non-sedimentary stuff that it picks up like, tree branches, rubbish, dead animals etc...
2007-11-11 16:14:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that in this case,debris may be taken as meaning deposits other than the SEDIMENT that is the usual result of erosion.
2007-11-11 14:45:18 · answer #3 · answered by roddy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it does leave debris and it sound s fine
2007-11-11 14:41:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Say it leaves sediment.
2007-11-11 15:06:46 · answer #5 · answered by Cristobalite2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alluvium is the word you are looking for.
RoyS
2007-11-12 17:19:09 · answer #6 · answered by Roy S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it leaves deposition
2007-11-12 19:49:02 · answer #7 · answered by Shadowhold 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it leaves deposits hence the term... deposition
2007-11-11 14:39:24 · answer #8 · answered by Sal's Pal 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
SEDIMENT WOULD BE A BETTER WORD.
2007-11-11 18:02:08 · answer #9 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋