EPICC Virtual Field Experiences

  • About
  • For Educators
  • Glossary
  • Videos
  • Home
  • Central California
  • Central California Coast
  • Oregon Coast
  • Marine Terraces
Home → Glossary → deposition

deposition

The accumulation of sediment, such as in layers in water bodies or in piles left behind by glaciers. Deposition typically, but not always, occurs in water.

Log in  |  Website Credits  |  © 2023 UC Regents. All Rights Reserved. A project of the University of California Museum of Paleontology.