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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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Soil sampling was carried out by removing the grass roots and vegetation from the depth of 25 cm to 50 cm to obtain the intact samples from the alluvial deposits.
ENGINEERING GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LAHORE SOIL, BASED ON GEOTECHNICAL TESTING AND MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION USING X-RAY DIFFRACTION
The southern and southeastern side of the Kharmankuh antic line have more considerable drainage system than the northern and northwestern side of it, causing higher variability of topographic characteristics, more alluvial deposits and steep slopes formed by erosion which consequently led to a relatively higher fractal dimension.
GIS-based assessment of surface deformation patterns using fractal analysis of topography: Kharmankuh anticline, Zagros Mountains, Iran
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
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
The soil of Faisalabad comprises alluvial deposits mixed with loess having calcareous characteristics, making it very fertile.
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The Salt Range makes an abrupt escarpment against the Recent Punjab alluvial deposits (Figure 5).
GEOLOGY, SEISMICITY AND SEISMIC RISKS ASSESSMENT OF EASTERN SALT RANGE, PUNJAB - PAKISTAN
(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)
Financial crime may also be magnified by opportunities to smuggle diamonds from alluvial deposits in the Marange area of eastern Zimbabwe.
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In contrast, cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather kept the country smiling with the antics of crusty squaddie Old Bill - First Discovered in the Alluvial Deposits of Southern Flanders.
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