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What is a colluvium?

What is a colluvium? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope
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You can see the differentiation of layers in an inceptisol formed on colluvium in West Virginia on the right.
Steeply-sloping veneers and blankets of coarse colluvium and glacial till form the dominant soil parent materials.
This study primarily focuses on the colluvium in Central Taiwan, including the lateritic Dadu Terrace and the arenaceous shale of Taiping-Wufeng mounts.
This Pinot Gris produced in Eichhoffen on a terroir of colluvium is characterized by its fruity and smoked aromas.
Bronze Age and Neolithic pottery and flints from the basal soil and the colluvium indicate that a settlement was nearby.
To the west, the parcels situated within the commune of Capestang are characterised by a layer of colluvium over a sub-soil of blue clay.

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