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subaqueous facies [1 record]

Record 1 2009-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
CONT

The volcanic activity spanned at least two episodes of glacial advance and produced both subaerial flows and a subaqueous facies comprising pillow lava, pillow breccia, and tuff breccia, locally intercalated with fluvial gravels and sand.

CONT

These ice-wedge pseudomorphs belong to a subaquatic facies of unit B and are usually associated with lake depressions.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
CONT

L'activité volcanique chevauche au moins deux épisodes d'avancée glaciaire et a engendré des coulées subaériennes ainsi qu'un faciès subaqueux incluant des laves en coussins, des brèches en coussins et des brèches pyroclastiques, intercalées localement avec des graviers et des sables fluviaux.

OBS

subaquatique : Qui se produit sous l'eau.

OBS

faciès subaquatique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Faciès sédimentaire subaquatique.

Key term(s)
  • faciès sub-aqueux

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