{"thcode":62,"term":{"code":"GC-089","name":"Fan","parent":"GC-011","scope":"Geoform: A low, outspread gently to steeply sloping mass of loose material, which is shaped like an open fan or a segment of a cone. ..."},"uf":[],"bt":[{"code":"GC-011","name":"Geologic","parent":"GC-C052","scope":"Geoform Origin: Geologic geoforms are formed by the abiotic processes of uplift, erosion, volcanism, deposition, fluid seepage, and material movement. ..."},{"code":"GC-C052","name":"Geoform (levels 1 and 2 subcomponents)","parent":"GC-C005","scope":null},{"code":"GC-C005","name":"Geoform","parent":"root","scope":null},{"code":"root","name":"CMECS","parent":null,"scope":"Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard: Category terms encompassing waters from the head of tide or inland incursion of ocean salinity to the splash zone of the coasts to the deepest portions of the oceans and the deep waters of the Great Lakes."}],"nt":[{"code":"GC-090","name":"Alluvial Fan","parent":"GC-089","scope":"Geoform Type: A low, outspread, relatively flat (or gently sloping) mass of loose rock material, shaped like an open fan or a segment of a cone. ..."},{"code":"GC-091","name":"Basin Floor Fan","parent":"GC-089","scope":"Geoform Type: Deposition of submarine fans on the lower slope or basin floor; fan formation is associated with the erosion of canyons into the slope and the incision of fluvial valleys into the shelf. ..."},{"code":"GC-092","name":"Shoreline Fan","parent":"GC-089","scope":"Geoform Type: A prograding shoreline formed where an alluvial fan is built out into a lake or sea."},{"code":"GC-093","name":"Washover Fan","parent":"GC-089","scope":"Geoform Type: A fan-like landform of sand that washed over a barrier island or spit during a storm, and then deposited sand on the landward side. ..."}],"rt":[]}