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Diluvium
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Lat. for "deluge," from diluere, to wash away), a term in geology for superficial deposits formed by flood-like operations of water, and so contrasted with alluvium or alluvial deposits formed by slow and steady aqueous agencies. The term was formerly given to the "boulder clay" deposits, supposed to have been caused by the Noachian deluge.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Diluvium'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/diluvium.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Diluvium'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/diluvium.html. 1910.
