Superficial deposits (or surficial deposits) refer to geological deposits typically of Quaternary age (less than 2.6 million years old) for the Earth...

outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth and other terrestrial planets. Outcrops...

other superficial deposits were removed. Where superficial deposits are so thick that the underlying bedrock cannot be reliably mapped, the superficial deposits...

(/ˈrɛɡəlɪθ/) is a blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock. It includes dust, broken rocks, and other related...

this period are the peat deposits of Scotland, and of coastal and upland areas of England and Wales. Many of the lowland deposits, such as the Somerset Levels...

natural superficial deposits found in Great Britain and comprises the Albion Glacigenic Group, Britannia Catchments Group, British Coastal Deposits Group...

discover metallic lodes. It consists in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across...

developed during repeated glacial stages during the Quaternary. Superficial deposits of various kinds have accumulated during the Quaternary period. Narrow...

known as the Hampshire Basin. These are overlain by a variety of superficial deposits. There are few rock exposures beyond limited outcrops in the banks...

the surface and the type of fault movement. Where there are thick superficial deposits overlying the trace of the faults, the resulting surface effects...

For the most part the bedrock is poorly exposed being covered by superficial deposits of Quaternary age. Notable exposures of the Helsby Sandstone occur...

Cretaceous and early Palaeogene periods overlain in places by a range of superficial deposits from the last 2.6 million years. Whereas the South Downs are formed...

the extensive metalliferous deposits of the region (primarily copper and tin). Later weathering of the granite led to deposits of kaolin which has been excavated...

fall into two categories: Superficial deposit maps (previously known as solid and drift maps) show both bedrock and the deposits on top of it. Bedrock maps...

regolith is the fine blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering the surface of Mars. The term Martian soil typically refers...

north of this feature, the result of a separate bedding plane slide. Superficial deposits of various kinds have accumulated during the Quaternary period. Narrow...

trillion (0.0000000001%) or more, mostly confined to the atmosphere and superficial deposits, particularly of peat and other organic materials. This isotope decays...

Triassic age though it is everywhere concealed by a thick cover of superficial deposits (exceeding 30 metres (98 ft) thickness in places) laid down during...

European method of detailed recording of the stratigraphy of the superficial deposits (the masonry structures themselves were not extensively cut into)...

Equation for the velocity of a body in viscous fluid Superficial deposits – Geological deposits Oldale, Robert N. (1999). "Coastal Erosion on Cape Cod:...

Unconsolidated (or 'superficial') deposits of Quaternary age include a widespread cover of glacial till, valley floor alluvium and scattered peat deposits in both...

determining their absolute age (i.e., estimated age). In geology, rock or superficial deposits, fossils and lithologies can be used to correlate one stratigraphic...

structural trends and can become several miles (tens of kilometers) long. Superficial deposits tend to accumulate along the floor. Drainage may be either by surface...

Geological Survey 2011 Bath, England and Wales sheet 265 Bedrock & Superficial Deposits, 1:50,000 (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey) Scott...

unbroken sequence of rocks from 200 to 40 million years ago (Mya) and superficial deposits from 2 Mya to the present. In general, the oldest rocks (Early Jurassic)...

sometimes contains diamonds Regolith – A layer of loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock Allaby, Michael, ed. (2013). "Breccia". A dictionary...

"1:50000 Series England and Wales sheet 151, Welshpool, Bedrock & Superficial Deposits". Maps Portal. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 July 2020....

Retrieved 29 June 2020. "England and Wales sheet 39 Kendal, Bedrock & Superficial Deposits". Maps Portal. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 June 2020...

at Chilworth and Shalford near Guildford. Later he dealt with the superficial deposits bordering the English Channel, and with the erratic boulders of Selsey...

containing visible dust Regolith – A layer of loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock Sand – Granular material composed of finely divided...