Glossary:Prograding

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Prograding
When a deposit is being built forward or outward by deposition and accumulation. Lateral accretion rather than vertical accretion.

Source
Adapted from: Rapp, G. and Hill, C.L. (1998) Geoarchaeology: The earth-science approach to archaeological interpretation. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN: 0-300-07076-4.

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