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MAMELONNE [2 records]

Record 1 2010-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Physical Geography (General)
DEF

Lumpy, or in small uneven knolls.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
OBS

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

PHR

Relief, topographie en bosses et creux.

PHR

Région mamelonnée.

PHR

Terrain bosselé.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Said of the shape of some minerals which occur as smoothly rounded masses resembling breast.

CONT

The commonest appearance [of arsenic] is in rounded mammillary or botryoidal crusts or granular masses.

OBS

The term "mammilary" and its synonyms are used on a larger scale than "reniform" and "botryoidal."

Key term(s)
  • mammilated

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Minéralogie
CONT

L'arsenic se présente surtout en masses écailleuses ou grenues, mamelonnées ou stalactitiques.

Spanish

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