surficial deposit

[sər′fish·əl di′päz·ət]

(geology)

Unconsolidated alluvial, residual, or glacial deposits overlying bedrock or occurring on or near the surface of the earth. Also known as superficial deposit; surface deposit.

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It is clear that, rather than a general-purpose ground water hydrology map, the maps should show accurate depths, characteristics of the unconsolidated surficial deposits and their corresponding leaching effects.

Use of the Suitability Model to Identify Landfill Sites in Lahore-Pakistan

Many small-scale landslides in flysch slopes, primarily rotational and translational slides, tend to occur along slip surfaces that are located at the contact between the surficial deposits and the flysch bedrock, within the colluvial surficial deposits (Figure 3(a)) [23], within the flysch rock mass (Figure 3(b)) [24], or as debris flows (Figure 3(c)) [21].

Weathering influence on properties of siltstones from Istria, Croatia

The rocks exposed in the coal bearing area are sedimentary rocks ranging in age from Jurassic to Pleistocene along with Subrecent and Recent surficial deposits.

Chamalang coal resources and their depositional environments Balochistan Pakistan

During the last decade more than a dozen geologists and some pedologists and botanists have tackled the surficial deposits of western Ohio for a reinterpretation of Ice Age history.

Scenes in Ohio during the last Ice Age: address of the President of The Ohio Academy of Science delivered at the 68th Annual Meeting at Capital University, Bexley, Ohio on 17 April 1959

The surficial deposits that are the subject of this study were produced from its major recent eruptions, which occurred in 1723 and 1963-1965.

Imagenes con el Radar de Penetracion Terrestre en la tefroestratigrafia reciente de los volcanes Poas e Irazu, Costa Rica

It should be noted that, while maps of bedrock and surficial deposits and their structural elements are still the principal products of geological mapping and were largely the focus of the NATMAP program, they are not the only category of geological maps.

NATMAP--Canada's National Geoscience Mapping Program: 1991-2003

Field verification consisted of numerous north-south transects in each drainage system, in which geomorphologists described the physical landscape, examined geomorphic surfaces and surficial deposits exposed in natural outcrops such as stream banks and coastal bluffs, and completed soil profiles of exposures in wells, landfill pits, and new house excavations.

The Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey: integrated methods for a dynamic landscape: the environmental setting

Of the 77 CPTs in study, 40 are located in af, 5 in Qht, 2 in Qhec, 7 in Qhes, 3 in Qwc, and 20 in Qws surficial deposits.

Mapping liquefaction hazard in Charleston quadrangle, South Carolina

In relatively flat-lying areas, a well-developed soil profile with humus cover typically comprises the upper 1 m of most surficial deposits.

Comparison of clast and matrix dispersal in till: Charlo-Atholville area, north-central New Brunswick

The wide range of climates has resulted in wonderfully diverse zones of supergene enrichment and an array of curious surficial deposits that include lithium-rich brines and the famous nitrates of the Atacama Desert.

Abstracts of the 24th Annual Tucson Mineralogical Symposium. (Minerals of the Andes)

Surficial deposits "cover the bedrock surface in thicknesses commonly of 150-400 feet (45.

Seeing soil in 3-D: Geological mapping project captures key data for agriculture

Climatic warming, if it causes an increase in annual thaw depths or in the frequency and extent of geomorphic disturbances, could also result in active layer salinization within areas of salt-rich permafrost, such as in marine surficial deposits.

Salinization of permafrost terrain due to natural geomorphic disturbance, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island