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Table (DB Name) plot
Table Plot
Field
Surficial Deposits
DB Field Name
surficialDeposits
Req'd?
no
Data Type
varchar (90)
Misc Flag
n/a
References
n/a
List?
closed
Notes
n/a
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.
closed List of Values:
Value Description Sorting
Aeolian Deposits: Aeolian sand flats and cover sands
10
Aeolian Deposits: Dunes
20
Aeolian Deposits: Loess deposits
30
Aeolian Deposits: Volcanic Ash
40
Alluvial Deposits: Alluvial Fan
50
Alluvial Deposits: Deltas
60
Alluvial Deposits: Floodplain
70
Chemical Deposits: Evaporites and Precipitates
80
Glacial Deposits: Bedrock and till
90
Glacial Deposits: Deltaic deposits
100
Glacial Deposits: Glaciofluvial
110
Glacial Deposits: Glaciolacustrine
120
Glacial Deposits: Glaciomarine
130
Glacial Deposits: Moraine
140
Glacial Deposits: Till
150
Glacial Deposits: Undifferentiated glacial deposit
160
Lacustrine Deposits: Coarse sediments
170
Lacustrine Deposits: Fine-grained sediments
180
Lacustrine Deposits: Unconsolidated Sediments
190
Marine Deposits: Coarse sediments
200
Marine Deposits: Fine-grained sediments
210
Marine Deposits: Unconsolidated Sediments
220
Organic Deposits: Muck
230
Organic Deposits: Peat
240
Residual Material: Bedrock
260
Residual Material: Deeply Weathered Rock
270
Residual Material: Disintegrated Rock
280
Slope and Modified Deposits: Colluvial
290
Slope and Modified Deposits: Solifluction, landslide
300
Slope and Modified Deposits: Talus and scree slopes
310
Variable
320
Other
330
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