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colluvium [kə′lü·vē·əm] (geology) Loose, incoherent deposits at the foot of a slope or cliff, brought there principally by gravity. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The new report, however, suggests that water in the colluvium is causing soil above it to shift. The hydrothermal system remains intact within the basin of a collapsed caldera complex covered by landslide breccia wrongly identified by previous operators as recent colluvium. There was also an additional 241,000 tonnes of mostly colluvium in stockpile awaiting screening before being placed on the leach pad as a highly permeable drainage layer on top of the plastic pad liner. |
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