I know nothing about geology, but I need some names for geological features where something gets deposited in an area and begins to collect there. I don't care what type of process brought it there or what "it" is, I just need some different names relating to such a feature. Thanks!
2007-03-12 03:46:56 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Deposition: A general term for the accumulation of sediments by either physical or chemical sedimentation.
Detrital sediment: A sediment deposited by a physical process.
Drift (glacial): A collective term for all the rock, sand, and clay that is transported and deposited by a glacier either as till or as outwash.
Delta kame: A deposit having the form of a steep, flat topped hill, left at the front of a retreating continental glacier.
Alluvial fan: A low, cone shaped deposit of terrestrial sediment formed where a stream undergoes an abrupt reduction of slope.
Alluvium: Unconsolidated terrestrial sediment composed of sorted or unsorted sand, gravel, and clay that has been deposited by water.
Bar-finger sand: An elongated lens of sand deposited during the growth of a distributary in a delta. The bar at the distributary mouth is the growing segment of the bar finger.
Bedding: A characteristic of sedimentary rocks in which parallel planar surfaces separating different grain sizes or compositions indicate successive depositional surfaces that existed at the time of sedimentation.
Carbonate platform: A submarine or intertidal shelf whose elevation is maintained by active shallow water carbonate deposition.
Go to the source site, and search (Ctrl + F) for "deposit". You'll find a ton of hits.
2007-03-12 03:58:03 · answer #1 · answered by Fabulously Broke in the City 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is this what you are looking for?
2007-03-12 03:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by blueskies 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋