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Recent Examples of alluviumAt some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2024 The tusk was covered with alluvium, possibly during a major flooding event, MDEQ said.—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024 Scott traces their advent to a few hundred years later, in a constellation of cities that sprang up on the Mesopotamian alluvium around what was then the northern end of the Persian Gulf.—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2020 These waters carried debris called alluvium, that makes up the Delta's fertile soil.—Richard Mason, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2021
Narrowing the field One candidate was found just 500 meters off the coast of Rhode Island (designated RI 2394), 14 meters below the surface and buried in nearly 250 years' worth of sediment and silt.
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 June 2025
Seven dump trucks hauled 92 tons of mud and silt from Loveland Pass, which was buried Sunday by a 100-foot-wide and 20-foot-deep landslide, according to a news release from the department.
In Friuli Venezia Giulia, the soils are rich in marl and sandstone, locally referred to as ponca.
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Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
The vines are planted in limestone, marl, and clay soils and are situated with eastern and southeastern exposures at altitudes of 750 to 1,000 feet so grapes mature perfectly with the right balance of sugars, acid, and minerality.
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Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2025
Among the items up for grabs during a June 18 Julien’s auction are the usual collection of directorial detritus — film reels, cameras, typewriters — but also an eye-popping lineup of drip machines and espresso contraptions.
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Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
In some ways, archival research has always demanded sorting through verbal and visual detritus and working around unexpected gaps in records.
Now, his triumph signifies a continuation of some red-hot form as tennis transitions from clay to grass.
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Leon Imber,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
The 2009 discovery of footprints (human and animal) left behind in layers of clay and silt at New Mexico’s White Sands National Park sparked a contentious debate about when, exactly, human cultures first developed in North America.
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