Bryan Esterly, CFA leads standards development for the Infrastructure sector at the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). His role includes research and collaboration with industry and investors to drive the standardization of financially material sustainability information in corporate reporting.
An outwash plain, also called a sandur (plural: sandurs), sandr or sandar, is a plain formed of glacial sediments deposited by meltwater outwash at the terminus of a glacier.he 1996 joekulhlaup jÃ¶kulhlaup was caused by the eruption of The grimsvoetn, grÃ­msvÃ¶tn volcano with peak flow estimated 50,000 be 50000 /m (1,800,000 s 1800000/cu) ft s compared to the normal summer peak flow of 200 to 400 /m (7,100â14,100 7100 14100/cu). ft s
The Glossary of Landform and Geologic Terms, maintained by the United States' National Cooperative Soil Survey, defines an alluvial plain as a large assemblage of fluvial landforms (braided streams, terraces, etc.,) that form low gradient, regional ramps along the flanks of mountains and extend great distances from their sources (e.g., High Plains of North America) Use of alluvial plain as a general, informal term for a broad flood plain or a low-gradient delta is explicitly discouraged.