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Deposit (geology)
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Deposition (geology)
Deposition
is the
geological
process in which
sediments
,
soil
and
rocks
are added to a
landform
or land mass. Wind, ice, and water, as well as
sediment
flowing via
gravity
,
transport
previously
eroded
sediment, which, at the loss of enough
kinetic energy
in the fluid, is deposited, building up layers of sediment.
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