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Definition of Alluvia
1. alluvium [n] - See also: alluvium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alluvia
Literary usage of Alluvia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Gold, Its Geology, Extraction, and Political Economy by Louis de Launay (1908)
"The exploitation of auriferous alluvia—Sluices —Dredging—Hydraulic methods—Frozen
alluvia. Auriferous alluvia, which may geologically be more or less ..."
2. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1873)
"The marine and estuarine beds occur intercalated with each other along the coast,
while the true fluviatile alluvia occupy the valleys of the larger rivers ..."
3. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"Hence they are usually termed by geologists the postglacial and recent formations,
and comprise peat-bogs, raised beaches, blown sand, and alluvia. ..."
4. Researches in the Southern Gold Fields of New South Wales by William Branwhite Clarke (1860)
"The occurrence of crystals, either perfect or much abraded, of sapphire, corundum,
ruby, topaz, hyacinth, emerald, and amethyst in the gold alluvia of the ..."
5. Geology and Mineral Resources of Kansas by Robert Hay (1893)
"There are river gravels, more recent .still, that belong to the epoch of the
present alluvia. By this term we designate the valley formations which owe ..."
6. Wonders of Geology; Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena: Or A by Gideon Algernon Mantell (1848)
"SVi Granitic eruptions. 30. Metamorphism of rocks. 31. Precious atones. 32.
Metalliferous yelps. 33. Auriferous alluvia. 34. ..."
7. History of the Old Towns, Norridgewock and Canaan: Comprising Norridgewock by John Wesley Hanson (1849)
"Most of the soil on the Kennebec is alluvia], but the high lands are mostly
primitive. " There is geological evidence that ..."
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