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Bilingual glossary of geology


Scour Mark  Marque d'affouillement
A mark produced by the erosive or scouring action of a current flowing over the bottom of a river or flowing body of water.

Themes:
  Sedimentary rocks

Related words:
  Sedimentary Structures (Depositional, Erosional, Deformational, Biogenic)