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• DILUVIUM (Lat. for " deluge," from diluere, to wash away)

DILUVIUM (See also:

• LAT

Lat. for " See also:

• DELUGE, THE (through the Fr. from Lat. diluvium, flood, diluere, to wash away)

deluge," from diluere, to See also:

• WASH, THE

wash away)  , a See also:

• TERM

term in See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology for superficial deposits formed by See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood-like operations of See also:

• WATER

water, and so contrasted with See also:

• ALLUVIUM

alluvium (q.v.) or alluvial deposits formed by slow and steady aqueous agencies . The term was formerly given to the " See also:

• BOULDER
• BOULDER (short for " boulder-stone," of uncertain origin; cf. Swed. bullersten, a large stone which causes a noise of rippling water in a stream, from bullra, to make a loud noise)

boulder See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay " deposits, supposed to have been caused by the Noachian See also:

• DELUGE, THE (through the Fr. from Lat. diluvium, flood, diluere, to wash away)

deluge .