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VegBank

VegBank Data Dictionary

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Field Surficial Deposits
DB Field Name surficialDeposits
Req'd? no
Data Type varchar (90)
Misc Flag n/a
List? closed
Definition Surficial deposits represent the parent material that are the geologic or organic precursors to the soil. They may either have been deposited by geologic (wind, ice, gravity or water) or biologic (organic) activity, or formed in place more-or-less directly from rocks and minerals below.