lagoonal deposit
1lagoonal deposit — Sand, silt or clay sized sediments transported and deposited by wind, currents, and storm washover in the relatively low energy, brackish to saline, shallow waters of a lagoon. Compare: estuarine deposit, fluviomarine deposit, marine… …
2estuarine deposit — Fine grained sediments (very fine sand, silt and clay) of marine and fluvial origin commonly containing decomposed organic matter, laid down in the brackish waters of an estuary; characteristically finer sediments than deltaic deposits.… …
3fluviomarine 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… …
4marine deposit — Sediments (predominantly sands, silts and clays) of marine origin; laid down in the waters of an ocean. Compare: estuarine deposit, lagoonal deposit. SW …
5лагунное отложение — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN lagoonal deposit …
6Platform (geology) — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …
7river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …
8Oil shale geology — Main article: Oil shale Outcrop of Ordovician kukersite oil shale, northern Estonia. Oil shale geology is a branch of geologic sciences which studies the formation and composition of …
9Cambrian Period — Oldest time division of the Paleozoic Era. During the Cambrian, 543–490 million years ago, there were widespread seas and several scattered landmasses. The largest continent was Gondwana. The average climate was probably warmer than today, with… …
10Great Barrier Reef — The Great Barrier Reef * UNESCO World Heritage Site …
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