gravel deposit
11fluviomarine deposit — Stratified materials (clay, silt, sand, or gravel) formed by both marine and fluvial processes, resulting from non tidal sea level fluctuations, subsidence and/or stream migration (i.e., materials originally deposited in a nearshore… …
12Placer deposit — In geology, a placer deposit or placer is an accumulation of valuable minerals formed by deposition of dense mineral phases in a trap site. The name is from the Spanish word placer , meaning alluvial sand . Types of placer deposits include… …
13Terrace deposit — A terrace deposit is geological term for a flat platform of land created alongside of a river or sea, where, at some time in the past, the river has cut itself a deeper channel. The former floodplain of the river is therefore at a higher point… …
14glaciomarine deposit — Glacially eroded, terrestrially derived sediments (clay, silt, sand, and gravel) that accumulated on the ocean floor. Sediments may be accumulated as an ice contact deposit, by fluvial transport, ice rafting, or eolian transport. GG & GM …
15alluvial deposit — noun clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down • Syn: ↑alluvial sediment, ↑alluvium, ↑alluvion • Derivationally related forms: ↑alluvial (for: ↑alluvium) …
16alluvial deposit — Material deposited by rivers. It consists of silt, sand, clay, and gravel, as well as much organic matter. Alluvial deposits are usually most extensive in the lower part of a river s course, forming floodplains and deltas, but they may form at… …
17Cave Junction, Oregon — Infobox Settlement official name = Cave Junction, Oregon settlement type = City nickname = motto = Gateway to the Oregon Caves imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location in… …
18Confederate Gulch and Diamond City — Confederate Gulch is a steeply incised valley on the west facing slopes of the Big Belt Mountains. Its small stream drains westward into Canyon Ferry Lake, on the upper Missouri River Valley near present day Townsend, Montana. In 1864 Confederate …
19Rockworks — First developed in 1985 by RockWare Inc, RockWorks is used by the mining, petroleum, and environmental industry for subsurface visualization, borehole database management as well as the creation of grids, solid models, calculating volumetric ana …
20blue lead — I. ˈlēd noun Etymology: lead (gravel deposit) : tertiary gold bearing gravel deposits of the Sierra Nevada II. ˈled noun Etymology: lead (metal) 1 …
