When regolith is mobilized or entrained, by flowing water, or by the wind, or by moving glacier ice, it is called sediment, because, as the term implies (the Latin verb sedere means to sit), it eventu...When regolith is mobilized or entrained, by flowing water, or by the wind, or by moving glacier ice, it is called sediment, because, as the term implies (the Latin verb sedere means to sit), it eventually comes to rest again as a deposit. Here I will touch upon only a few aspects of sediments. You will hear much more about sediment movement, and sediment deposits, in later chapters, especially the chapters on rivers, on glaciers, and on coasts.
