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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 downalluvial 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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It includes a system of Tidal Paleocreeks formed during the Holocene transgression and later inactivated by the accumulation of shell bars and alluvial sediments.
Caracterizacao das condicoes abioticas que influem na distribuicao da ... by Giménez, Jorge Eloy; Hurtado, Martín Adolfo; Martínez, Omar Raúl / Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences (UEM)
The ridge is buried to the west by glaciolacustrinc sediments of Glacial Lake Chicago and to the east it is eroded by the Grand River and covered by alluvial sediments.
Geological Sciences by Zawiskie, John / Michigan Academician
The samples were collected throughout the claim block from till sediments (231 samples), lake sediments (111 samples), alluvial sediments (62 samples), glaciofluvial sediments (135 samples), and colluvial and other sediments (7 samples) with each sample consisting of approximately 20 litres (30 kg) of material.
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