alluvium

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“Nature-based solutions are a great option, because they’re a softer option and less intrusive,” said Leslie Duncan, senior Aboriginal consultant with Alluvium Consulting and CEO of Economic Participation of Indigenous Communities in Australia.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2023

Chronological Relation of the older Alluvium of the Thames    to the Glacial Drift.

From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The Alluvium was distinguished from Diluvium by the fact that its mammalian fossils were representatives of still living forms, but it is a matter of great difficulty to separate these two divisions in practice.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

Flint Implements in ancient Alluvium of the Basin of the Seine.

From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Displacement of Alluvium at Foot of a Hill 287 74.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles