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.
clarification. 1. the clearing of a liquid from turbidity. 2. the making of a concept or statement easier to understand. values clarification in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as assisting another to clarify her or his own values in order to facilitate decision making.(klar'i-fi-kÄ'shÅ­n),larification. 1. The removal of turbidity from a solution. 2. In psychiatry, a technique used to help a patient recognize inconsistencies in his or her statements.