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movement of individual particles as variable leaps or jumps powered by wind or water; a "roll-and-bounce" motion.
Ãâó: www.tc.umn.edu/~smith213/Spring%202002%20FT.htm
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Saltation is derived from Latin meaning to jump or leap from place to place. In evolutonary studies saltation means rapid change wherein species seem to evolve from rapid jumps. Now, it is easy to confuse this with the idea of the periods of rapid evolution proposed by punctuated equilibrium. During these periods evolution occurred much more quickly than during periods of 'stasis', when evolution occurred relatively very slowly. ...
Ãâó: 137.122.151.29/BIO1120/Includes/Glossary.htm
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material bounced along the bed of the river.
Ãâó: www.geographyfieldwork.com/GeographyVocabularyGCSE...
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Little pieces of gravel and sand bounce along the riverbed in a series of short hops as the river picks them up then drops them again because they are not light enough to be kept afloat.
Ãâó: www.swgfl.org.uk/riversa/WaterWheel.htm
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