Aggradation meaning

Aggradation meaning

Aggradation is an exogenic process which involves the building up or deposition and accumulation of unconsolidated materials by marine or fluvial process in low land areas or valleys.

  • Agents of deposition include rivers, waves, tidal currents, glacier/ice-sheets and wind
  • The deposited materials include: sand, silt, mud, boulders, pebbles, etc.
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