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alluvial sediment

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Noun1.alluvial sediment - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvion
delta - a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water; "the Mississippi River delta"; "the Nile delta"
placer - an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
sediment, deposit - matter that has been deposited by some natural process
alluvial soil - a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds


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The huge Western-style hotels and business offices along Shanghai's riverside Bund required specially designed moorings to turn the shifting alluvial sediment into stable foundations.
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If these sediments offer encouragement, we will commence further gravity traverses across the interpreted course of these paleochannels, and continue to follow-up with drilling to confirm their location and whether the associated alluvial sediments carry kimberlite indicator minerals.
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The property is entirely covered by unconsolidated tills, alluvial sediments and a thin veneer of Paleozoic sediments, below which the geology is believed to consist of rocks belonging to the extension of the Thompson Nickel Belt.
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