Usually means: Weathered material deposited above bedrock.
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  1. eluvium: Merriam-Webster
  2. eluvium: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. eluvium: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Eluvium, eluvium: Wordnik
  5. eluvium: Wiktionary
  6. eluvium: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. eluvium: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. eluvium: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. eluvium: Dictionary.com
  10. Eluvium (musician), Eluvium: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. eluvium: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. eluvium: Financial dictionary

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  1. Eluvium (geology), eluvium: Encyclopedia

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  1. eluvium: Wordcraft Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (geology) Residual deposits of soil, dust and rock particles produced by the action of the wind

Similar:
outwash, earthflow, lake effect, dustfall, bedload, slud, esker, solifluction, talus, avalanche, more...

Opposite:
illuvium, sediment, deposition

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Similar:
outwash, earthflow, lake effect, dustfall, bedload, slud, esker, solifluction, talus, avalanche, more...

Opposite:
illuvium, sediment, deposition



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