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accretion

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000236

1. Records adding to, or extending, a series or system of permanent records previously accessioned by the National Archives.

2. The accumulation of a sedimentary deposit that increases the size of a land area. This increase may be either lateral or vertical.

3. Accumulation of a sedimentary deposit that increases the size of a land area. This increase may be either lateral or vertical.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-000236
FieldEnvironment
SubjectPolicy and guidance
ReferencesRecords Glossary; Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise Glossary and Acronyms; Coastal Sensitivity Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000236",
  "term": "accretion",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Records adding to, or extending, a series or system of permanent records previously accessioned by the National Archives.\n\n2. The accumulation of a sedimentary deposit that increases the size of a land area. This increase may be either lateral or vertical.\n\n3. Accumulation of a sedimentary deposit that increases the size of a land area. This increase may be either lateral or vertical.",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Records Glossary",
    "Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise Glossary and Acronyms",
    "Coastal Sensitivity Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/accretion/"
}

Record 236 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.