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Superficial deposits (or surficial deposits[1]) refer to geological deposits typically of Quaternary age (less than 2.6 million years old) for the Earth. These geologically recent unconsolidated sediments may include stream channel and floodplain deposits, beach sands, talus gravels and glacial drift and moraine. All pre-Quaternary deposits are referred to as bedrock.[2]
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Superficialdeposits (or surficial deposits) refer to geological deposits typically of Quaternary age (less than 2.6 million years old) for the Earth...
outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficialdeposits on the surface of the Earth. Outcrops do not cover the majority of...
(/ˈrɛɡəlɪθ/) is a blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficialdeposits covering solid rock. It includes dust, broken rocks, and other related...
other superficialdeposits were removed. Where superficialdeposits are so thick that the underlying bedrock cannot be reliably mapped, the superficial deposits...
this period are the peat deposits of Scotland, and of coastal and upland areas of England and Wales. Many of the lowland deposits, such as the Somerset Levels...
natural superficialdeposits found in Great Britain and comprises the Albion Glacigenic Group, Britannia Catchments Group, British Coastal Deposits Group...
the surface and the type of fault movement. Where there are thick superficialdeposits overlying the trace of the faults, the resulting surface effects...
fall into two categories: Superficialdeposit maps (previously known as solid and drift maps) show both bedrock and the deposits on top of it. Bedrock maps...
discover metallic lodes. It consists in sinking small pits through the superficialdeposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across...
Triassic age though it is everywhere concealed by a thick cover of superficialdeposits (exceeding 30 metres (98 ft) thickness in places) laid down during...
known as the Hampshire Basin. These are overlain by a variety of superficialdeposits. There are few rock exposures beyond limited outcrops in the banks...
the extensive metalliferous deposits of the region (primarily copper and tin). Later weathering of the granite led to deposits of kaolin which has been excavated...
Cretaceous and early Palaeogene periods overlain in places by a range of superficialdeposits from the last 2.6 million years. Whereas the South Downs are formed...
north of this feature, the result of a separate bedding plane slide. Superficialdeposits of various kinds have accumulated during the Quaternary period. Narrow...
fine regolith (a blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficialdeposits covering solid rock) found on the surface of Mars. Its properties...
determining their absolute age (i.e., estimated age). In geology, rock or superficialdeposits, fossils and lithologies can be used to correlate one stratigraphic...
trillion (0.0000000001%) or more, mostly confined to the atmosphere and superficialdeposits, particularly of peat and other organic materials. This isotope decays...
developed during repeated glacial stages during the Quaternary. Superficialdeposits of various kinds have accumulated during the Quaternary period. Narrow...
descriptions as a fallback Regolith – A layer of loose, heterogeneous superficialdeposits covering solid rock Sand – Granular material composed of finely divided...
For the most part the bedrock is poorly exposed being covered by superficialdeposits of Quaternary age. Notable exposures of the Helsby Sandstone occur...
European method of detailed recording of the stratigraphy of the superficialdeposits (the masonry structures themselves were not extensively cut into)...
river terrace deposits of the Proto-Thames and other rivers. It unconformably overlies Triassic to Pleistocene bedrock and superficialdeposits. In turn,...
Geological Survey 2011 Bath, England and Wales sheet 265 Bedrock & SuperficialDeposits, 1:50,000 (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey) Scott...
the faulting and folding of much of the Palaeozoic rock sequence. Superficialdeposits and landforms created during the present Quaternary period by water...
sometimes contains diamonds Regolith – A layer of loose, heterogeneous superficialdeposits covering solid rock Allaby, Michael, ed. (2013). "Breccia". A dictionary...
Unconsolidated (or 'superficial') deposits of Quaternary age include a widespread cover of glacial till, valley floor alluvium and scattered peat deposits in both...
and also includes deposits in the Isle of Man and offshore areas. It consists of a wide range of unconsolidated superficialdeposits including till, sands...
by sedimentary strata from the Cretaceous, overlaid by clay and superficialdeposits from the Cenozoic. During the Early Cretaceous epoch (from about...
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