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Sheet erosion, Pullman, Washington, 1946 Sheet erosion or sheet wash is the even erosion of substrate along a wide area. [1] It occurs in a wide range of settings such as coastal plains, hill slopes, floodplains, beaches, [2] savanna plains [3] and semi-arid plains. [4]
Also called Indianite. A mineral from the lime-rich end of the plagioclase group of minerals. Anorthites are usually silicates of calcium and aluminium occurring in some basic igneous rocks, typically those produced by the contact metamorphism of impure calcareous sediments. anticline An arched fold in which the layers usually dip away from the fold axis. Contrast syncline. aphanic Having the ...
Colluvium (also colluvial material or colluvial soil) is a general name for loose, unconsolidated sediments that have been deposited at the base of hillslopes by either rainwash, sheetwash, slow continuous downslope creep, or a variable combination of these processes.
The complexities involved in studying sheet flows, including the need for advanced modeling techniques to accurately simulate flow dynamics and sediment transport mechanisms.
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Glossary of geological terms; Lists of geological features of the Solar System – Directory of lists of geological features on asteroids, moons and planets other than Earth; Geologic time scale – System that relates geologic strata to time; List of compounds – Set index article; Lists of earthquakes; List of chemical elements
Geological survey houses these Geology databases. This information can be used for a number of different purposes in farming and forestry, including avoiding erosion , assessing growing conditions, gauging risks in terms of nutrient leaching and release of toxic substances , planning site preparation, road construction, felling and extraction ...
[1] [2] The term solifluction was appropriated to refer to these slow processes, and therefore excludes rapid periglacial movements. [1] In slow periglacial solifluction there are not clear gliding planes, [ 3 ] and therefore skinflows and active layer detachments are not included in the concept. [ 1 ]