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limnic coal basin [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Mining of Organic Materials
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A coal basin formed inland from the seacoasts.

OBS

as opposed to paralic coal basin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Pour les conditions de sédimentation, nous avons indiqué la distinction de bassins «limniques» et de bassins «paraliques». Les premiers étaient des dépressions en pays accidenté où des accumulations puissantes de sédiments se déposèrent par suite d'une subsidence.

PHR

Bassin houiller limnique.

Spanish

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