depositionary

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depositionary (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Of, related to, or containing sediment or rock deposits.
    • 2006, Journal of stratigraphy, Volume 30‎[1]:
      In the early depositionary period of the Kaili Formation, the water in the Taijiang area was comparatively shallow, and there were few life-forms.
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