Alluvial vs Marine - What's the difference?
alluvial | marine |
Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
* 1992 , Anna K. Behrensmeyer & Robert W. Hook, "Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes" in, Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time , page 35.
Of, or pertaining to, the sea (marine biology'', marine ''insurance .)
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, title= A member of a marine corps.
(capitalised in the plural) A marine corps.
A painting representing some marine subject.
As an adjective alluvial
is pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.As a noun alluvial
is a deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.As a verb marine is
.alluvial
English
Adjective
(-)- Soils are a prominent feature of floodplain environments, and we include them in this section because most of the available information on ancient soils pertains to alluvial examples, aside from those in Quaternary-Recent time.
Synonyms
* fluvialDerived terms
* alluvial fan * alluvially * alluvial plainUsage notes
* The noun is normally used in the plural by engineers who recover valuable minerals from these layers.See also
* deltaic ----marine
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.}}
Noun
(en noun)- He was a marine in World War II.
- He fought with the Marines in World War II.
