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alluvium

The material deposited on land by virtue of the process of accretion. The accretion process occurs when rivers or other waters deposit silt and mud on land,and thus create more land; the silt and mud making up the new land is called alluvium.

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The groundwater aquifers in the area are the weathered basement and the Alluvial deposits of the wadis.
Geoelectrical Investigations at Three Bridge Sites North Nyala Southern Darfour State West-Sudan
2010) made a comparative study of pile anchor support system for deep excavation in alluvial deposits of Lahore.
ENGINEERING GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LAHORE SOIL, BASED ON GEOTECHNICAL TESTING AND MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION USING X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Bore-hole logs of buildings and bridges in and around Phnom Penh city were used to clarify the subsurface geology, especially with regard to alluvial deposits of the Mekong.
Geomorphological features and subsurface geology of the Lower Mekong Plain around Phnom Penh City, Cambodia (Southeast Asia)
New correlations are developed for alluvial deposits of Surat and SUDA using laboratory results shown in Table 3.
Statistical analysis of index and consolidation properties of alluvial deposits and new correlations
The core objective of the book is to show that an understanding of the nature of modern rivers and floodplains is necessary to the rational analysis of alluvial deposits and river-channel problems.
Rivers and Floodplains: Forms, Processes and Sedimentary Record
Older, rubified alluvial deposits of the Shepparton Formation are scattered around the area (Cameron et al.
Using radiometric data to identify aeolian dust additions to topsoil of the Hillston district, western NSW
To retrieve the gold settled in the bottom of stream beds, many miners use suction dredges, which excavate alluvial deposits of sand, silt and clay from riverbed bottoms for processing.
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It is the alluvial deposits of the region that have proved the most significant to date, not only because they have yielded approximately 6.
Brazilian gold rush
From radiocarbon dates of a few alluvial deposits (sediments deposited by streams or rivers) and analyses of soils along the southeastern end of the fault, Madole brackets the time of last movement between 500 and 2,000 years ago.
A fault of youth; new scientific ground was broken when geologists finally noticed that the Meers fault is young - much younger than any other surface rupture east of the Rockies
Alluvial mining refers to mining precious metal deposits (particularly gold and gemstones) found in alluvial deposits - which are deposits of sand and gravel in modern or ancient stream beds, or occasionally glacial deposits.
The Graystone Company Announces It Has Begun Mining Production
Alluvial deposits in the Mavuco area of northeastern Mozambique are famous for producing copper-bearing tourmaline in a variety of colours (e.
Glass imitations of Cu-bearing Mozambique tourmaline
This third assemblage includes lavas and hypabyssal intrusions, along with extension-related sedimentary and alluvial deposits ranging in age from 16M years to present.
Depth to bedrock in West-Central Nevada
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