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Fauna
The assemblage of animals in a region or period.
Filter feeding
Method of feeding of certain aquatic animals which filter particulate organic matter from the water.
Flandrian
Geological stage representing the Post-Glacial, Recent Epoch.
Flint
A dense, extremely hard siliceous sedimentary rock consisting mainly of interlocking quartz crystals.
Floodplain
A strip of relatively flat and normally dry land alongside a stream, river, or lake that is covered by water during a flood.
Fluvial
Involving running water, usually relating to river or stream processes.
Fluvio-glacial
Pertaining to glacial rivers.
Footprint
The amount of geographical space covered by an object. E.g. The sediment footprint is the area over which suspended sediment settles out of the sediment plume.