alluviation


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Noun1.alluviation - the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulatingalluviation - the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
deposit, sedimentation
geological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
lode, load - a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
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It may have been initiated by glacio-fluvial alluviation of the Tanana Valley during the last glacial maximum (Reuther, 2013:441), followed by decreased sediment input and local dissection during the late glacial (Pewe, 1977:38).
Lithic technology at Linda's Point, Healy Lake, Alaska
Mathias Kondolf, "Controls on the alluviation of oxbow lakes by bed-material load along the Sacramento river, California," Sedimentology, vol.
The potential for dams to impact lowland meandering river floodplain geomorphology
Newman, "An asymptotically equal to 15,000 Year Record of El Nino-Driven Alluviation in Southwestern Ecuador," Science, vol.
Ocean circulation and water mass characteristics around the Galapagos archipelago simulated by a multiscale nested ocean circulation model

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