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Definition of Alluvials
1. Noun. Deposits of sediment formed over a long period of time by rivers; layers of alluvium. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alluvials
1. alluvial [n] - See also: alluvial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alluvials
Literary usage of Alluvials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tin Deposits of the World, with a Chapter on Tin Smelting by Sydney Fawns (1907)
"... are :— (1) Recent and Pleistocene alluvials. (2) Tertiary alluvial deposits (Deep
leads). (3) Lodes. (4) Stockworks. (5) Impregnations. ..."
2. Gold Mining and Milling in Western Australia, with Notes Upon Telluride by Arthur George Charleton (1903)
"alluvials, CEMENT DEPOSITS, AND SURFACE GEOLOGY OF THE "25-MILE," KANOWNA,* AND
KALGOORLIE DISTRICTS. IN the last chapter I gave a brief sketch of the ..."
3. Servia by the Servians by Alfred Stead (1909)
"Investigations of the alluvials in the valley of Pek show that these contain a
workable quantity of gold ; on an average one franc's worth of gold is found ..."
4. The Mineral Resources of New South Wales by Geological Survey of New South Wales, Edward Fisher Pittman (1901)
"Payable deposits of detrital gold are found in— («) Recent and Pleistocene alluvials.
(I) Beack sands alony the sea coast. (c) Tertiary alluvial leads. ..."
5. Gold Dredging by Cecil Clement Longridge (1905)
"For many months, these sandy alluvials can be worked in this manner, the capital
required being only the expense of the machines and the cost of labour. ..."
6. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1908)
"The Occurrence of alluvials in Hungary and Transylvania. ... On the prospect of
working these gold-bearing alluvials on a large scale by means of dredges. ..."
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