diluvium
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Origin of diluvium
1810–20; < Latin dīluvium flood; see deluge
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The diluvium has also been found in caverns lying upon an ancient stalagmite, and covered again with a new formation of that modification of carbonate of lime.
From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert
The quarternary formation, aluvium and diluvium, covers the greater portion of the Pacific coast from the foot of the mountains to the sea.
From Guatemala, the country of the future by Pepper, Charles M.
They are floored with the cobble-stones rolled down by the diluvium, and torture the feet that walk over them and rick the ankles.
From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
The heavy deposit of diluvium conceals the surface.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
The first bone traces of human beings range back to an epoch posterior to the monstrous quadrupeds entombed in the diluvium.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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