debris flow

collocation in English

meaningsofdebrisandflow

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debris
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdeb.riː/us
/dəˈbriː/
broken or torn pieces of ...
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flow
noun
uk
/fləʊ/us
/floʊ/
the movement of something in ...
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(Definition ofdebrisandflowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdebris flow

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Reworking ofdebrisflowdeposits by marine currents produced the rippled bed tops.
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Those authors interpreted beds of this type as subaqueously emplaceddebrisflowdeposits, whose tops are to some degree reworked by waves.
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Adjacent to active border faults to the east and west, sheet- anddebrisflow-dominated alluvial boulder conglomerates accumulated.
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This facies association is interpreted asdebrisflow-driven sedimentation.
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Massively bedded tuffs and lapilli tuffs represent primary and secondarydebrisflowdeposits.
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He interpreted this suite as representing turbidites and hemipelagites/pelagites with intercalated slide todebrisflowdeposits.
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Debrisflowdeposits and other mass wastage products are rare, indicating relative stability of the southern flank of the edifice.
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The pattern of upward-fining cycles is similar to that of a braided river, but the internal texture of the gravels shows thatdebrisflowprocesses were dominant during deposition.
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The debris will continue to travel along the ocean floor as adebrisflow.
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Debrisflowis often mistaken for flash flood, but they are entirely different processes.
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