Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
tree-tip pit and mound topography — A local scale topography composed of irregularly spaced, small, closed depressions and adjacent mounds caused by the displacement of root balls from trees knocked down by wind (i.e., tree tip; also called tree throw). The result is a subdued,… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
tree-tip — The process of uprooting and tipping over of trees by strong winds, commonly resulting in a small depression from which the root ball is displaced and an adjacent mound from the sediments subsequently sloughed from the root ball. Most… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
tree-tip mound — The small mound of debris sloughed from the root plate (root ball) of a tipped over tree. Sometimes called a cradle knoll (not recommended). Local soil horizons are commonly obliterated and result in heterogeneous strata. Compare: tree… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
tree-throw — (not preferred) see tree tip, tree tip mound, tree tip pit … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
pit and mound topography — (not recommended) use tree tip pit and mound topography … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
cradle and knoll topography — (not recommended) use tree tip pit and mound topography … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
phoneme — /ˈfoʊnim / (say fohneem) noun the smallest distinctive group or class of phones in a language. The phonemes of a language contrast with one another; e.g., in English, pip differs from nip, pin, tip, pit, bib, etc., and rumple from …
reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… … Universalium
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… … Universalium
