Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In geology, an epithet applied to such deposits as have been formed in estuaries, or on the bottom of the sea at a greater or less distance from the embouchure, by rivers bearing with them the detritus of the land.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Geol.) Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers.
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Examples
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Avicennia spp. and Rhizopora spp. are found on more western coasts that have a fluvio-marine influence.
Guianan mangroves 2008
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These mammaliferous beds have been proved by Mr. Lyell to be older than the fluvio-marine, or Norwich crag, in which remains of the mastodon, rhinoceros, and horse have been discovered; and still older than the fresh-water pleistocene deposits, from which the remains of the mammoth, rhinoceros,
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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These mammaliferous beds have been proved by Mr. Lyell to be older than the fluvio-marine, or Norwich crag, in which remains of the mastodon, rhinoceros, and horse have been discovered; and still older than the fresh-water pleistocene deposits, from which the remains of the mammoth, rhinoceros,
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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In B we find remains of some of the same plants which were enumerated as common in the ancient lignite in 3 prime, such as the yellow water-lily and hornwort, together with some freshwater shells which occur in the same fluvio-marine series 3 prime.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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The actual channel in the neighbourhood is now 60 feet deep, but there is probably 10 or 15 feet of stratified sand and gravel at the bottom; so that, should the river deviate again from its course, its present bed might be the receptacle of a fluvio-marine formation 75 feet thick, equal to the former one of
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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The fluvio-marine series usually terminates upwards in finely laminated sands and clays without fossils, on which reposes the boulder clay.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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Mr. Gunn informs me that the vertebrae of two distinct whales were found in the fluvio-marine beds at Bacton, and that one of them, shown to Professor Owen, is said by him to imply that the animal was 60 feet long.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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Menchecourt, and it has since been found in two or three contiguous sand-pits, always in the fluvio-marine bed.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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Natchez alluvium were to be decided on conchological data alone, the fluvio-marine beds of Abbeville might rank as a shade older than the loess of Natchez.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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As to the small number of marine shells occurring in the same fluvio-marine series, I have seen none which belonged to extinct species, although one or two have been cited by authors.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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