fluvial deposits

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• Fluvial — is used in geography and earth science to refer to the deposits and landforms created by the action of rivers or streams and the processes associated with them. When the stream or rivers are associated with glaciers, ice sheets, or ice caps, the… …   Wikipedia

• Channel-iron deposits — (CID) are iron rich fluvial sedimentary deposits of possible Miocene age occupying meandering palaeochannels in the Early to Mid Tertiary Hamerlsey palaeosurface of Western Australia. Examples are also known from Kazakhstan. The deposits are… …   Wikipedia

• Tufa — Not to be confused with tuff, a porous volcanic rock. This article is about the geological formation. For the historic Chinese name, see Southern Liang. Tufa columns at Mono Lake, California Tufa is a variety of limestone, formed by the… …   Wikipedia

• Holocene Epoch — formerly Recent Epoch Latest interval of the Earth s geologic history, dating from 10,000 years ago to the present. The younger of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period, the Holocene follows the last glacial stage of the… …   Universalium

• Eridanos (geology) — The name Eridanos, derived from the ancient Greek Eridanos, was given by geologists to a river which flowed where the Baltic Sea is now (Overeem, et al., 2002). The fluvial system was better known as the Baltic River System (Bijlsma, 1981;… …   Wikipedia

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• Carboniferous Period — Interval of geologic time 354–290 million years ago, marked by great changes in world geography. All the landmasses drew closer together as a result of tectonic plate movements. The supercontinent Gondwana occupied much of the Southern Hemisphere …   Universalium

• Geology of Nepal — The Himalayan arc extends about 2400 km from Nanga Parbat (8,138 m) in the west to Namche Barwa (7,756 m) in the east (Le Fort, 1996). This region includes Nepal, Bhutan, as well as parts of Pakistan, India, and China. Since 55 Ma, the Himalayan… …   Wikipedia

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