A sedimentary rock formed on land has a continental sedimentary environment. Examples of continental environments are lagoons, lakes, swamps, floodplains and alluvial fans. In the quiet water of swamps, lakes and lagoons, fine sediment is deposited, mingled with organic material from dead plants and animals.
Related to executive clemency: amnesty. n. the power of a President in federal criminal cases, and the Governor in state convictions, to pardon a person convicted of a crime, commute the sentence (shorten it, often to time already served), or reduce it from death to another lesser sentence.
cliÂ·macÂ·terÂ·ic. 1. The period of endocrinal, somatic, and transitory psychological changes occurring in the transition to menopause. 2. A critical period of life. climacteric. 1. the syndrome of endocrine, somatic, and psychic changes occurring at menopause in women.