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Outwash [glacial geology]
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Stratified and sorted sediments (chiefly sand and gravel) removed or "washed out" from a glacier by melt-water streams and deposited in front of or beyond the end moraine or the margin of a glacier. the coarser material is deposited nearer to the ice. compare - pitted outwash, drift, esker, kame, till. sw & gg
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Stratified, английский
- This is a feature of an experimental design whereby a scheme of observations is repeated entirely using further sets (strata) of experimental units, with each such further set distinguished by a level of a categorical variable which is distinct from any c
- Слоистый
- (adjective) formed, arranged, or laid down in layers. the term refers to geologic deposits. layers in soils that result from the processes of soil formation are called horizons; those inherited from the parent material are called strata. hp
- General structural term for a sedimentary rock or superficial deposit
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Outwash delta, английский
A relict (inactive) delta composed of glaciofluvial sediments formed where a sediment laden outwash river emptied into an open lake, commonly a proglacial lake. sediment attributes include very gently dipping topset beds (coarser textures) and steeply dipping foreset beds (finer textures). sw & gm
Organic materials, английский
[soil survey] unconsolidated sediments or deposits in which carbon is an essential, substantial component. several types of organic materials (deposits) can be identified based on the composition of the dominant fibers (grassy organic materials, herbaceous organic materials, mossy organic materials, woody organic materials). compare - herbaceous peat, moss peat, sedimentary peat, woody peat. sw
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