- buried landform
- 埋藏地形
English-Chinese geology dictionary (英汉地质大词典). 2013.
buried landform
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buried — (adjective) Landforms, geomorphic surfaces, or paleosols covered by younger sediments (e.g., eolian, glacial, and alluvial). Compare: exhumed, relict. HP … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
buried soil — Soil covered by an surface mantle of new soil material, typically to depths exceeding 50 cm; recent surface deposits < 50 cm thick are generally considered as part of the ground soil. Compare: ground soil, exhumed, relict. GSST & ST … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
glacial landform — ▪ geology Introduction any product of flowing ice and meltwater. Such landforms are being produced today in glaciated areas, such as Greenland, Antarctica, and many of the world s higher mountain ranges. In addition, large expansions of present… … Universalium
Kettle (landform) — A kettle (or kettle hole) is a shallow, sediment filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. Overview. [Tarbuck, E and Lutgens, F:Earth, page 351. Prentice Hall, 2002] Kettle holes can also form as the result of… … Wikipedia
exhumed — (adjective) Formerly buried landforms, geomorphic surfaces, or paleosols that have been re exposed by erosion of the covering mantle. Compare: relict, buried, ground soil. HP … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
relict — (adjective) Pertaining to surface landscape features e.g., landforms, geomorphic surfaces, and paleosols that have never been buried and yet are predominantly products of past environments. Compare: exhumed, buried, ground soil. HP … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
stone line — In vertical cross section, a line formed by scattered fragments or a discrete layer of angular and subangular rock fragments, commonly a gravel or cobble sized lag concentration that drape across a former topographic surface and later buried… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
cutter — [ karst ] A dissolution groove or trench formed along vertical bedrock fractures beneath soil and usually buried beneath regolith with little or no ground surface expression, commonly wider than a solution fissure (widths commonly range… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
fan apron — A sheet like mantle of relatively young alluvium and soils covering part of an older fan piedmont (and occasionally alluvial fan) surface, commonly thicker and further down slope (e.g., mid fan or mid fan piedmont) than a fan collar. It… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
fan remnant — A general term for landforms that are the remaining parts of older fan landforms, such as alluvial fans, fan aprons, inset fans, and fan skirts, that either have been dissected (erosional fan remnants) or partially buried (nonburied fan… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
ground soil — Any soil at the present day land surface and actively undergoing pedogenesis, regardless of its history (i.e., relict, exhumed). Compare: buried soil. SW & RR … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
