Definition of fluvial in English:
fluvial
adjective ˈfluːvɪəlˈfluviəl
Geology Of or found in a river.
Example sentencesExamples
- It has been suggested that fluvial and lacustrine source rocks were locally deposited in grabens created along the transtensional edges of these rotating microcontinental blocks.
- These units are conformably overlain by fluvial and lacustrine volcaniclastic deposits, tuffs and hyaloclastites.
- Glacial, periglacial, fluvial, and mass-movement processes dominate in mountain environments.
- The first cycle initiated in the early Paleocene and represents a transition from Cretaceous marine turbidites and shales to subaerial fluvial sandstones and conglomerates.
- As the basin filled, or the rate of subsidence relative to the influx of material lessened, subaerial fluvial deposits were emplaced.
Origin
Middle English: from Latin fluvialis, from fluvius 'river', from fluere 'to flow'.
Rhymes
alluvial, diluvial, pluvial
Definition of fluvial in US English:
fluvial
adjectiveˈfluviəlˈflo͞ovēəl
Geology Of or found in a river.
Example sentencesExamples
- The first cycle initiated in the early Paleocene and represents a transition from Cretaceous marine turbidites and shales to subaerial fluvial sandstones and conglomerates.
- Glacial, periglacial, fluvial, and mass-movement processes dominate in mountain environments.
- It has been suggested that fluvial and lacustrine source rocks were locally deposited in grabens created along the transtensional edges of these rotating microcontinental blocks.
- These units are conformably overlain by fluvial and lacustrine volcaniclastic deposits, tuffs and hyaloclastites.
- As the basin filled, or the rate of subsidence relative to the influx of material lessened, subaerial fluvial deposits were emplaced.
Origin
Middle English: from Latin fluvialis, from fluvius ‘river’, from fluere ‘to flow’.