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surficial (adjective) - Refers to something relating to or located on the surface of the Earth, such as surficial deposits or surficial geology
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- Of or pertaining to the surface of something, particularly the surface of the Earth.
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The surficial aquifer system was subdivided into.
Ensures structural reinforcement and surficial stability.
These surficial deposits are addressed in the next section.
Another benefit of a mound is to assist with surficial drainage.
Surficial geology in this region contains a number of fossils.
Typically this framework will be applied to surficial sediments.
The surficial geology is based on aerial photograph interpretation.
Material formed in surficial environment.
No surficial changes were seen at the volcano.
Management options for polluted surficial sediments should be determined.
Surficial deposits were glacial till and coarser moraine.
Geotechnical characterization of surficial deposits.
Surficial geology is mapped as silt till at the site.
The rollers compressed surficial sediments but did not scour a depression.
Surficial activity was characterized by frequent ash emissions generated by explosive activity.
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The contamination is generally in the surficial layer of soft saturated silt.
Permeability of surficial geology is an important factor in drainage and vegetation potential.
O geological sources of metals and their fate in the surficial environment.
The surficial geology in the vicinity of the creek mainly consists of urban land.
Metal concentrations in chironomids in relation to the geochemical characteristics of surficial sediments.
Surficial geology and soils are important measures of the fundamental characteristics of a drainage basin.
Hydrologic characteristics of developed areas may be interpreted from the surficial geology.
Surficial deposits often contribute to soil formation or eventually develop into soils themselves.
The other two units are glacial till and surficial granular deposits.
Surficial coverage of gravel at the disposal site is higher than elsewhere in the strait.
Controls on the distribution of major ions in pore waters of a thick surficial aquitard.
These maps represent surficial alteration areas that can be caused by hydrocarbon migration.
This funding will go towards completing the surficial mapping of this region.
Liquefaction of surficial materials could potentially affect plant site stability and displacement of storage tanks.
Seismic site effects are related to the amplification of seismic waves in surficial geological layers.
The surficial geology supports base flows and influences the temperature regime of rivers and streams.
Special attention was paid to the cryostratigraphic patterns of surficial permafrost due to landscape recovery.
Surficial Materials are unconsolidated earth deposits of various origins.
Levels reported were expected given the surficial geology and water quality of the area.
Sediment characteristics and stratigraphic relationships allow tentative correlation with known surficial deposits.
It presents the symmetry and geometry of the surficial forms resulting from the terrain deformation.
Surficial sediment was consistently lower in all FA than was sedimenting matter.
This technology may be used at large sites where low level surficial contamination occurs.
The surficial geology at the headwaters consists entirely of Wisconsinan Till.
Just north of Waterloo lies an area of important surficial deposits.
Surficial sediments in the study area are mostly products of Late Wisconsinan glaciation.
She focuses on studying impact craters and surficial processes on Mars.
Photograph of surficial strand cracks at the Rutford Glacier at its grounding line.
The geographic strata is varied but primarily of Quaternary surficial deposits.
The distribution of Recent Radiolaria in surficial sediments of the continental margin off northern Namibia.
Geographers like Ganong often conduct work similar to geologists working on surficial deposits.
The surficial geology along most of the length of Martin Creek features Wisconsinan Till.
Geological Survey of Canada standard surficial geology legend.
In between, the surficial geology consists of wetlands.
Soil nitrogen concentrations were greatest in the surficial 6 cm of soil.
