post-depositional
adjective
geologyspecialized(alsopostdepositional)uk/ˌpəʊst.dep.əˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/us/ˌpoʊst.dep.əˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/happeningorexistingafter theformationof alayerofsoilorrock:
Some of thevariationinthicknessis aresultof post-depositionalerosion.
In somecasesthesiteswerelevelledbyerosionor other postdepositionalprocesses.
- Thisflatteningis notthoughtto have been theresultof post-depositionalprocesses.
- Themaincontrastbetween the twolocalitiesis thedegreeof post-depositionalalteration.
- Initialclassificationsuggestsavarietyof bothpre-and post-depositionalcausalmechanisms.
- Lakesedimentsare lesspronetocomplicationsfrom post-depositionaldisturbances.
Geology - general words
- Anthropocene
- aquifer
- auriferous
- biozone
- Cambrian
- carboniferous
- cementation
- Cretaceous
- Holocene
- hoodoo
- interbed
- Jurassic
- karst
- plate tectonics
- pyroclastic
- Quaternary
- sedimentation
- selenologist
- tectonic
- the rock cycle