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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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A markedly flattened and somewhat rounded pellet or curled fragment, chip, or flake of clay, generally embedded in a sandy matrix and esp. abundant at the base of sandy beds. It may arise from the drying and cracking of a thin layer of coherent mud, the fragment commonly being rolled or blown into sand and buried, and forming a lenticular bleb upon wetting.  2, record 1, English, - clay%20gall

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When a patch of clay or mud dries out, that upper surface cracks and peels away from the under-layers. These thin "leaves" of hardened clay may occasionally be transported a short distance and deposited in a sand or similar sediment in the form of flat or lens-shaped clay galls, generally oriented parallel to the bedding.  3, record 1, English, - clay%20gall

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Les galets formés de lamelles argileuses sont isolés, se déplacent puis sont ensablés plus loin suivant un plan à peu près horizontal. Ainsi se forment les galets mous [...]  1, record 1, French, - galet%20mou

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish