eolian+deposits

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• eolian —    Pertaining to material transported and deposited (eolian deposit) by the wind. Includes clastic materials such as dune sands, sand sheets, loess deposits, and clay (e.g., parna). HP …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• eolian deposit —    [ soil survey ]    Sand, silt or clay sized clastic material transported and deposited primarily by wind, commonly in the form of a dune or a sheet of sand or loess. Conventionally, primary volcanic deposits (e.g., tephra) are handled… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• Pleistocene Epoch — Earlier and longer of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period. The Pleistocene began с 1.8 million years ago and ended с 10,000 years ago. It was preceded by the Pliocene Epoch of the Tertiary Period and followed by the Holocene… …   Universalium

• Valles Marineris — cuts a wide gash across the face of Mars Coordinates …   Wikipedia

• Carolina Bay — Carolina bays are elliptical depressions concentrated along the Atlantic seaboard within coastal Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and northcentral Florida (Prouty 1952, Kaczorowski 1977). In… …   Wikipedia

• stratification — /strat euh fi kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or an instance of stratifying. 2. a stratified state or appearance: the stratification of ancient ruins from eight different periods. 3. Sociol. the hierarchical or vertical division of society according… …   Universalium

• еолові відклади — эоловые отложения aeolian deposits, eolian deposits, wind deposits, eolinites *anemogene Ablagerungen, aölische Ablagerungen геологічні утворення, що виникають внаслідок осідання принесених вітром продуктів вивітрювання гірських порід або… …   Гірничий енциклопедичний словник

• Eos Chasma — MarsGeo Valley caption=The eastern portion of Eos Chasma name=Eos Chasma latitude=12.1 N or S=S longitude=39.7 E or W=W length=1,413 kmEos Chasma is a chasma in the southern part of the Valles Marineris canyon system of Mars. Eos Chasma’s western …   Wikipedia

• Sirte Basin — The Sirte Basin is a late Mesozoic and Tertiary triple junction continental rift (extensional basin) along northern Africa that was initiated during the late Jurassic Period. It borders a relatively stable Paleozoic craton and cratonic sag basins …   Wikipedia

• Эоловые отложения —         (от имени повелителя ветров Эола в древнегреч. мифологии * a. aeolian deposits, eolian deposits; н. anemogene Ablagerungen, aolische Ablagerungen; ф. depots eoliens; и. sedimentos eolicos, depositos eolicos, rocas sedimentarios eolicos)… …   Геологическая энциклопедия

• Alblasserwaard — The Alblasserwaard is a polder in the province South Holland in the Netherlands. It is mainly known for the windmills of Kinderdijk, a village in the northwest of the Alblasserwaard.HistoryThe first human inhabitants of the Alblasserwaard settled …   Wikipedia