Soils are a prominent feature of floodplain environments, and we include them in this section because most of the available information on ancient soils pertains to alluvial examples, aside from those in Quaternary-Recent time.
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alluvial — alluvial, iale, iaux [ a(l)lyvjal, jo ] adj. • 1802; du rad. de alluvion ♦ Produit ou constitué par des alluvions. Vallée alluviale. Terrains alluviaux. ● alluvial, alluviale, alluviaux adjectif Constitué par des alluvions ou issu d un processus… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Alluvial — Al*lu vi*al, n. Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold bearing alluvial soil. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Alluvial — Al*lu vi*al, a. [Cf. F. alluvial. See {Alluvion}.] Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
alluvial — (adj.) 1802, from L. alluvius alluvial (see ALLUVIUM (Cf. alluvium)) + AL (Cf. al) (1) … Etymology dictionary
Alluviāl — (v. lat.), angeschwemmt … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Alluvial — Alluviāl (lat.), angeschwemmt … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Alluvial — Alluvial, angeschwemmt, Alluvialboden, angeschwemmtes Land … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
alluvial — alluvial, ale (al lu vi al, a l ) adj. Terme de géologie. Qui a les caractères, ou qui est le produit d une alluvion. Plaine alluviale. Terrains alluviaux. ÉTYMOLOGIE Voy. alluvion … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
alluvial — [ə lo͞o′vē əl, alo͞o′vē əl] adj. [< L alluvius (see ALLUVION) + AL] of, found in, or made up of, alluvium n. ALLUVIUM … English World dictionary
alluvial — I. adjective Date: 1802 relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium < alluvial soil > < alluvial diamonds > II. noun Date: 1841 an alluvial deposit … New Collegiate Dictionary
alluvial — /əˈluviəl / (say uh loohveeuhl) adjective 1. of or relating to alluvium. 2. of or relating to a mine, claim, diggings, etc., on alluvial soil. –noun 3. soil deposited by flowing water. 4. the alluvial, gold bearing alluvial ground. {Latin… …
