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embayment
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embayment [em′bā·mənt]
(geography)
Indentation in a shoreline forming a bay.
(geology)
Act or process of forming a bay.
A reentrant of sedimentary rock into a crystalline massif.
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Embayments in the footwall along the basal Nickel Irruptive contact are prime locations for hosting some of the largest and richest Cu-Ni-PGM deposits in the Sudbury camp and the Foy Embayment offers exceptional exploration targets.
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