Explore Depositional through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Depositional in a sentence
Depositional meaning
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a deposit or a deposition.
Using Depositional
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a deposit or a deposition.
- In the example corpus, depositional often appears in combinations such as: the depositional, depositional environment.
Context around Depositional
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Depositional
- In this selection, "depositional" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 2007, sedimentary, altitude, environment, character and textures stand out and add context to how "depositional" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include focuses on depositional textures and high altitude depositional basin in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "depositional" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with depositional
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The depositional character of the Chord Uranium Project is that of a sandstone hosted roll front. (16 words)
Nehyba, S., Šikula, J., 2007, Depositional architecture, sequence stratigraphy and geodynamic development of the Carpathian Foredeep (Czech Republic). (18 words)
Robert J. Dunham published his system for limestone in 1962; it focuses on the depositional fabric of carbonate rocks. (19 words)
The San Luis Valley is an extensive high-altitude depositional basin in the U.S. state of Colorado with a small portion overlapping into New Mexico covering approximately convert and sitting at an average elevation of convert above sea level. (40 words)
In the laboratory, biostratigraphers analyze rock samples from outcrop and drill cores for the fossils found in them. citation These fossils help scientists to date the core and to understand the depositional environment in which the rock units formed. (39 words)
It is helpful to have a petrographic microscope when using the Folk scheme, because it is easier to determine the components present in each sample. citation Dunham classification main The Dunham scheme focuses on depositional textures. (36 words)
Example sentences (8)
The depositional character of the Chord Uranium Project is that of a sandstone hosted roll front.
In the laboratory, biostratigraphers analyze rock samples from outcrop and drill cores for the fossils found in them. citation These fossils help scientists to date the core and to understand the depositional environment in which the rock units formed.
It is helpful to have a petrographic microscope when using the Folk scheme, because it is easier to determine the components present in each sample. citation Dunham classification main The Dunham scheme focuses on depositional textures.
Nehyba, S., Šikula, J., 2007, Depositional architecture, sequence stratigraphy and geodynamic development of the Carpathian Foredeep (Czech Republic).
Oil shales vary considerably in their mineral content, chemical composition, age, type of kerogen, and depositional history and not all oil shales would necessarily be classified as shales in the strict sense.
Robert J. Dunham published his system for limestone in 1962; it focuses on the depositional fabric of carbonate rocks.
The nature of a sedimentary rock, therefore, not only depends on the sediment supply, but also on the sedimentary depositional environment in which it formed.
The San Luis Valley is an extensive high-altitude depositional basin in the U.S. state of Colorado with a small portion overlapping into New Mexico covering approximately convert and sitting at an average elevation of convert above sea level.
Common combinations with depositional
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: