estuarine sediments

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• estuarine deposit —    Fine grained sediments (very fine sand, silt and clay) of marine and fluvial origin commonly containing decomposed organic matter, laid down in the brackish waters of an estuary; characteristically finer sediments than deltaic deposits.… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

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