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Record 1 2000-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Subbottom layers are detected by reflections from below the sea floor.

CONT

Two distinct layers were thus identified, a surface layer composed of fine sometimes gravelly sand interbedded with small beds of shell fragments and a subbottom layer of grey-blue clayey mud.

Key term(s)
  • sub-bottom layer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

La présence de couches sous-jacentes se détecte par des réflexions en-dessous du fond.

CONT

La couche sous-jacente avait une couleur gris-bleu et une texture de boue argileuse.

Spanish

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