Varve is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Varve in a sentence
Varve meaning
An annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock.
Using Varve
- The main meaning on this page is: An annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock.
Context around Varve
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Varve
- In this selection, "varve" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, laminated and sequences stand out and add context to how "varve" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of laminated varve sequences muschitiello and varve or varved. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "varve" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with varve
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Varve (or varved clay) is clay with visible annual layers, which are formed by seasonal deposition of those layers and are marked by differences in erosion and organic content. (29 words)
After an examination of laminated varve sequences, Muschitiello and Wohlfarth found that the environmental changes that define the beginning of the Younger Dryas are diachronous in their time of occurrence according to latitude. (33 words)
After an examination of laminated varve sequences, Muschitiello and Wohlfarth found that the environmental changes that define the beginning of the Younger Dryas are diachronous in their time of occurrence according to latitude. (33 words)
Varve (or varved clay) is clay with visible annual layers, which are formed by seasonal deposition of those layers and are marked by differences in erosion and organic content. (29 words)
Example sentences (2)
After an examination of laminated varve sequences, Muschitiello and Wohlfarth found that the environmental changes that define the beginning of the Younger Dryas are diachronous in their time of occurrence according to latitude.
Varve (or varved clay) is clay with visible annual layers, which are formed by seasonal deposition of those layers and are marked by differences in erosion and organic content.