Alluvium
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Description
A fine sediment composed of Sand, Silt, and Mud deposited by a stream on its bank or floodplain. Alluvium may contain rich deposits of Clay.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Alluvium (Deut.); Alluvalböden (Deut.); aluvión (Esp.); alluvion (Fr.); aluvião (Port.); alluvium (Ned.)
Resources and Citations
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 905
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvium (Accessed Mar. 15, 2006) -for non-English terms