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polymictic [2 records]

Record 1 2008-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

[Said of] multiple rock-types combined in a single rock sample.

OBS

In lunar geology, the term is applied to breccias containing fragments of other breccias, e.g., "polymict breccia."

OBS

polymict: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Se dit des roches sédimentaires terrigènes composées de fragments de roches de natures diverses.

PHR

Galet polymictique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Pertaining to or characteristic of a lake having no stable thermal stratification.

CONT

[There are] high-altitude tropical polymictic lakes with continuous circulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Se dit d'un lac dépourvu de stratification thermique, où la température des eaux est basse à toutes les profondeurs (pas plus de 4 °C) et dans lequel les eaux font régulièrement l'objet d'une circulation verticale.

CONT

Il existe des lacs oligomictiques dont les eaux se mélangent très peu et des lacs polymictiques où, au contraire, il n'y a que de courtes et aléatoires périodes de stratification thermique (lacs de plaine en région tropicale).

Spanish

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