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diluvium

(daɪˈluːvɪəm; dɪ-)
n, pl -via (-vɪə)
(Geological Science) geology a former name for glacial drift. See drift 12
[C19: from Latin: flood, from dīluere to wash away; see dilute]
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The formation of deluvial and alluvial cones as a consequence of human settlement on a loess plateau: an example from the Chroberz area (Poland).
The lithologic substratum is mainly made up of Sarmatic sediments (marl, sands, calcareous gritstone) and Pliocene sediments (sands, argil, gravel) which, through in situ alteration / and deluvial reshuffling on slopes and fluvial reshuffling on banks and meadows, constitute soils suitable for wine-growing.
Seismic station at Orlova village was located in the area in which no sedimentary rock occurred except of deluvial and sandy loams--so called "Carboniferous window" (e.g.
The present volcanic flows are overlain unconformably by Pleistocene sandy limestone and younger Quaternary sediments mainly of clastic rock formation lacustrine, playa, wadi deposits, sebha, deluvial, proluvial, and eolian clastics.
Loamy sediments and unsorted fragments are characteristic of deluvial deposits [19].
The deluvial and solifluction sands and silts appear within the valleys of small streams, flowing out of the highlands, within the dry valleys and on the slopes.
Because of complicated landforms, the diversity of soil types is high, including eroded, erodible, deluvial, gley, and marsh soils.
Deluvial deposits are characterized by loamy sediments and unsorted fragments [18].

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