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"Varve" Definition

noun

A layer or series of layers of sediment deposited in a body of still water in one year.
A pair of layers of alternately finer and coarser silt or clay believed to comprise an annual cycle of deposition in a body of still water.
A pair of thin layers of clay and silt of contrasting colour and texture which represent the deposit of a single year (summer and winter) in a lake. Such layers can be measured to determine the chronology of glacial sediments.

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