fluvial deposit

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• fluviomarine deposit —    Stratified materials (clay, silt, sand, or gravel) formed by both marine and fluvial processes, resulting from non tidal sea level fluctuations, subsidence and/or stream migration (i.e., materials originally deposited in a nearshore… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• 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

• Terrace deposit — A terrace deposit is geological term for a flat platform of land created alongside of a river or sea, where, at some time in the past, the river has cut itself a deeper channel. The former floodplain of the river is therefore at a higher point… …   Wikipedia

• glaciomarine deposit —    Glacially eroded, terrestrially derived sediments (clay, silt, sand, and gravel) that accumulated on the ocean floor. Sediments may be accumulated as an ice contact deposit, by fluvial transport, ice rafting, or eolian transport.    GG & GM …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• Crevasse splay — A crevasse splay is a sedimentary fluvial deposit which forms when a stream breaks its natural or artificial levees and deposits sediment on a floodplain. This breach can cause large deposits that spread in a pattern similar to that of an… …   Wikipedia

• Rhine — Infobox River | river name = River Rhine caption = The Rhine is one of the most important rivers in Europe origin = Grisons, Switzerland mouth = North Sea coord|51|58|52|N|4|5|35|E|name=North Sea Rhine|display=inline,title basin countries =… …   Wikipedia

• Clark Quarry — is a relatively new paleontological dig site in southern Georgia. The site first discovered fossils by the building of the Brunswick Canal in 1838 1839.[1][2][3] Contents 1 Geology …   Wikipedia

• flu|vi|al — «FLOO vee uhl», adjective. of or found in a river: »A delta is a fluvial deposit. ╂[< Latin fluviālis < fluvius river < fluere to flow] …   Useful english dictionary

• river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

• sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… …   Universalium

• Sediment — Cobbles on a beach River Rhône flowing into Lake Geneva …   Wikipedia