Lag deposit
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lag-deposit-212-2060549
title:
Lag deposit
text:
A lag deposit is the deposition of material winnowed by physical action. Aeolian processes, fluvial processes, and tidal processes can remove the finer portion of a sedimentary deposit leaving the coarser material behind. Lag deposits are found in processes such as central island formation in streams and rivers. One theory of desert pavement formation is that they are an aeolian lag deposit. Armored beaches and inlets can be composed in part by lag deposits of shells or cobbles created when tida
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Coarse sediment without finer particles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag_deposit
date created:
2013-02-21T04:33:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T10:13:16Z
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