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(NAME)
MDEP - Mode of Deposition
MDEP1, MDEP2, MDEP3
MDEP1 may be - if KIND is N or U.
MDEP2 and MDEP3 may be -.
Otherwise, the list for MDEPx is as follows:
- Not Applicable
ANTH Anthropogenic
COLL Colluvial
EOLI Eolian
FLEO Fluvioeolian
FLLC Fluviolacustrine
FLUV Fluvial
FNPT Fen Peat
FOPT Forest Peat
GLFL Glaciofluvial
GLLC Glaciolacustrine
GLMA Glaciomarine
LACU Lacustrine
LATL Lacustro-Till
MARI Marine
RESD Residual
SAPR Saprolite
SEPT Sedimentary Peat
SPPT Sphagnum Peat
TILL Till (Morainal)
UNDM Undifferentiated mineral
UNDO Undifferentiated organic
VOLC Volcanic
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