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Fluvio-marine deposit

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-011396

Stratified materials (clay, silt, sand, or gravel) formed by both marine and fluvial processes, resulting from non-tidal sea-level fluctuations, subsidence, and/or stream migration (e.g., materials originally deposited in a nearshore environment and subsequently reworked by fluvial processes as the sea level fell).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-011396
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011396",
  "term": "Fluvio-marine deposit",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Fluvio-Marine Deposit",
  "definition": "Stratified materials (clay, silt, sand, or gravel) formed by both marine and fluvial processes, resulting from non-tidal sea-level fluctuations, subsidence, and/or stream migration (e.g., materials originally deposited in a nearshore environment and subsequently reworked by fluvial processes as the sea level fell).",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fluvio-marine-deposit/"
}

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