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Definition of Colluvial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colluvial
Literary usage of Colluvial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering and Soils by George Perkins Merrill (1906)
"(1) colluvial Deposits.1—Under this head it is proposed to include those
heterogeneous aggregates of rock detritus commonly designated as talus and cliff ..."
2. Soils: Their Properties and Management by Harry Oliver Buckman, Elmer Otterbein Fippin, Thomas Lyttleton Lyon (1915)
"On the lower slopes of hills bordering valleys, the colluvial deposits may touch
or even mingle with the alluvial, and furnish a stream with some of its ..."
3. Farm Science: A Foundation Textbook on Agriculture by William Jasper Spillman (1918)
"The term colluvial is- the last new term we have to learn in this ... Soil that
was brought to its present location in this manner is termed colluvial. ..."
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