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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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* Inventories as at June 2019 went up 12% q-o-q (up 36% y-o-y) to 15.9 m cts due to seasonal production growth at alluvial deposits and lower sales.
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GIS-based assessment of surface deformation patterns using fractal analysis of topography: Kharmankuh anticline, Zagros Mountains, Iran
The basement is overlain by Alluvial deposits of shallow thickness (less than 1m to greater than 20m).
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The shallow subsurface alluvial deposits are comprised of clayey soils.
Time-lapse electrical resistivity investigations for imaging the grouting injection in shallow subsurface cavities
Specifically, two bulk samples were collected from lignites (RS1 and RS2), two bulk samples were taken from chromiferous iron ore occurrences (RS3 and RS4), two bulk samples were collected from marly formation (RS5 and RS6), three bulk samples were taken from conglomerates (RS7, RS8, and RS9), and two bulk samples were collected from alluvial deposits (RS10 and RS11) (Figure 2).
Arsenic, chromium, and other potentially toxic elements in the rocks and sediments of Oropos-Kalamos basin, Attica, Greece
The Quaternary alluvial deposits, which are basically composed of sands, clays, and gravels, represent the second groundwater aquifer in the area.
Application of electrical resistivity tomography technique for characterizing leakage problem in Abu Baara earth dam, Syria
(1979) recognized five sediment types which are: alluvial deposits, desert plain deposits, mixed deposits, sabkha deposits and aeolian sand.
Geophysical and sedimentological evaluation of quaternary groundwater aquifers, eastern Hafit anticline, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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The Company's asset portfolio includes hard-rock and alluvial deposits in the Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Magadan and Amur Regions, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
-The board of directors of Polyus Gold has reviewed and approved the Company's development strategy through 2020
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Soltera Mining and Goldlake Group in agreement for gold production in Argentina
Hydraulic mining debris formed deep alluvial deposits in the reach, including multiple gravel-bedded riffles.
Yuba River analysis aims to aid spring-run chinook salmon habitat rehabilitation
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