eluvium Geol.
(ɪˈl(j)uːvɪəm)
[mod.Lat., f. ē out + luĕre to wash, on the analogy of alluvium.]
A term proposed for accumulations of débris either produced in situ by atmospheric agencies, or carried by wind-drift.
| 1882 Geikie Text-bk. Geol. iii. ii. i. §1. 322 For atmospheric accumulations of this nature Traufschold has proposed the name eluvium. |