- valley fill
- The unconsolidated sediment deposited by any agent (water, wind, ice, mass wasting) so as to fill or partly fill a valley.HP
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valley fill — Unconsolidated debris accumulated on a valley bottom [16] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
valley fill — noun The waste produced by mountain top removal mining. So named because it is typically piled high in nearby valleys … Wiktionary
Valley View Center — Infobox shopping mall shopping mall name = Valley View Center caption = location = Dallas, Texas USA opening date = August 1973 developer = Homart Development Company manager = The Macerich Company owner = The Macerich Company number of stores =… … Wikipedia
Fill trestle — A fill trestle is a bridge that is built to provide a scaffolding for the construction of a fill or an earthen dam. Typically, the trestle is built across the valley and a railroad track is laid across the trestle. Specially designed side dumping … Wikipedia
fill — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Fill is used before these nouns: ↑dirt {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ fast, quickly, rapidly ▪ At the moment, most reservoirs are filling fast. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
valley — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad, deep, high, large, long, steep, wide ▪ little, narrow, shallow … Collocations dictionary
valley-floor remnant — Hills that are now erosion remnants of a former valley or basin floor, composed mostly of unconsolidated valley / basin fill sediments (e.g., alluvium) and typically lie well above the modern valley floor and flood plain. Former basin floor… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
fill terrace — An elevated valley surface formed by aggregation [16] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Concentric crater fill — is when the floor of a crater is mostly covered with a large number of parallel ridges.[1] It is common in the mid latitudes of Mars, and is widely believed to be caused by glacial movement. Areas on Mars called Deuteronilus Mensae and Protonilus … Wikipedia
Geology of the Death Valley area — The exposed geology of the Death Valley area presents a diverse and complex story that includes at least 23 formations of sedimentary units, two major gaps in the geologic record called unconformities, and at least one distinct set of related… … Wikipedia
