Sentence examples for of fluvial origin from inspiring English sources
Three lithostratigraphic units of fluvial origin (Members) and two paleosols have been differentiated.
The City of Ferrara is located on an alluvial lowland, built by the River Po, and is made up of alternating unconsolidated sandy aquifer and silt-clay aquitard deposits of fluvial origin.
Strata of the Bradore Formation have been interpreted in terms of a marine transgression developed at the onset of spreading of Iapetus Ocean, with a basal member of fluvial origin, a middle member of lagoonal origin and an upper member of tidal-channel origin.
Linear ridges, residual hills, cuestas and mesa which are of denudational nature enhance the runoff process whereas alluvial fan and pediments of fluvial origin greatly enhance infiltration process.
Due to the lack of exploration boreholes in situ, porosity and permeability in these siliciclastic deposits of fluvial origin cannot be ascertained.
The dominantly siliciclastic lithotypes are breccia/conglomerates, sandstones, siltstone, and claystone of fluvial origin as well as an ignimbrite layer at its base (Stets 2004).
The Late Paleoproterozoic Athabasca Basin contains more than 1.5 km of predominantly sandy strata, most of which are of braided fluvial origin.
The fan is of predominantly fluvial origin, but it was effectively influenced by variations in the extent of the Nystølsbreen glacier, which advanced onto the fan apex at its Little Ice Age maximum about A.D. 1750, by colluvial activity (primarily snow avalanche) and by the Langedøla River undercutting the fan toe.
Similarly, terrace surfaces formerly-interpreted as of outwash or fluvial origin consist of gravel beds with many fractured rock clasts of landslide origin.
The aquifers in the valley consist of quaternary sediments and recent alluvium (Kharel et al. 1998) of lacustrine and fluvial origin up to 500 600 m thick in the central part of the basin.
On the other hand, there is evidence for strong seasonal precipitation, including braided fluvial (riverine) sediments, clay-rich deltaic deposits, and red beds of alluvial and fluvial origin.
