Geometries of Soil Deposits

• Overaching philosophy of the contents of examples listed below
• Fluvial (water transport) deposits are arranged in increasing distance from source and decreasing water velocities
• Alluvial Fan,
• Braided Stream in Mountains, Braided Stream on Plains,
• Narrow Flood Plain, Mississippi Flood Plain, Oxbows,
• Coastal Plain, Beach & Estuary, Delta
• Aeolian (wind transport)
• Sand Dunes, Longitudinal Sand Dunes, Loess
• Glacial (ice transport)
• Ice Only: (Young Lodgement Till, Ablation Till or Ground Moraine
• Ice & Water (Moraine, Outwash, Large Scale Till and Peat)
• Ice contact