alluvial
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /əˈluː.vi.əl/
alluvial (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
- 1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer & Robert W. Hook, "Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes" in, Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time, page 35.
- Soils are a prominent feature of floodplain environments, and we include them in this section because most of the available information on ancient soils pertains to alluvial examples, aside from those in Quaternary-Recent time.
- 1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer & Robert W. Hook, "Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes" in, Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time, page 35.
- French: alluvial
- Italian: alluvionale
- Portuguese: aluvial
- Russian: наносно́й
- Spanish: aluvial, aluvional
alluvial (plural alluvials)
- A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.
- Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.
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