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sheetwash

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sheetwash [′shēt‚ wäsh]
(geology)
The detritus deposited by a sheetflood.
(hydrology)
A wide, moving expanse of water on an arid plain; the combined result of many streams issuing from the mountains.


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Bryan RB (1979) The influence of slope angle on soil entrainment by sheetwash and rainsplash.
Possibly Medieval in date 3 80/147-215 fine silty alluvium, overbank or sheetwash deposits.
Sheetwash and scarplet retreat are the main means of transport across, and erosion of, the widespread younger pediment.
 
 
 
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