OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS
2012-07-24 16:35:00.0 [mpmorahan] insert Definition (id: null text: A sedimentary bed or lamina or sequence of laminae (thin layers) deposited in a body of silt or still water within a year's time. Usually refers to glacial varves resulting from seasonally deposited meltwater streams in a glacial lake or other body of still water. Counting the varves have been used to measure glacial deposits. language code: en);
2012-07-24 17:02:47.0 [mpmorahan] undo move delete narrower relation (null);
A sedimentary bed or lamina or sequence of laminae (thin layers) deposited in a body of silt or still water within a year's time. Usually refers to glacial varves resulting from seasonally deposited meltwater streams in a glacial lake or other body of still water. Counting the varves have been used to measure glacial deposits.
VARVE DEPOSITS