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Definition of Alluvial sediment
1. Noun. Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.
Specialized synonyms: Delta, Placer
Generic synonyms: Deposit, Sediment
Terms within: Alluvial Soil
Derivative terms: Alluvial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alluvial Sediment
Literary usage of Alluvial sediment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"Here, the heat exchange between the ground and the atmosphere was accomplished
under the highly dynamic conditions of alluvial sediment accumulation, which, ..."
2. The Manners & Customs of the Modern Egyptians by Edward William Lane (1908)
"Mr. Homer's method was to endeavour, by boring the plain formed by the Nile, to
obtain the actual depth of the alluvial sediment, as well as the nature of ..."
3. Planet Geographyby Stephen Codrington by Stephen Codrington (2005)
"When they dry out, the lakes reveal beds of fine alluvial sediment together with
evaporites like salt, ..."
4. An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians by Edward William Lane (1871)
"... the alluvial sediment, as well as the nature of the deposit, &c., and to
connect with these any indications of secular strata, or historical footprints ..."
5. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"During that time the Albuquerque Basin received alluvial sediment from the adjacent
highlands and fluvial sediments from Northern New Mexico and southern ..."
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