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BUILDING BASIN [2 records]

Record 1 2023-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
CONT

Barrier island restoration involves building a primary dune from washover deposits, accompanied by the construction of a cellular retaining basin that will be filled with sediment from backbarrier and nearshore areas... After sufficient leaching and settlement, vegetation is planted on the primary dune and backbarrier surfaces to stabilize the sediment.

PHR

barrier island restoration project

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
CONT

El Plan Maestro también analizó aproximadamente 250 proyectos de restauración, incluyendo la estabilización de bancos arenosos, restauración de islas barrera, realineación de canales, [...].

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Record 2 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A building stone, one of the group of the Paris basin, almost entirely made up of many-chambered microscopic shells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Les calcaires à Milioles, typiques de [la zone côtière en arrière du récif], se trouvent aussi, dans des conditions de milieu voisines, dans les parties peu profondes des lagons des récifs barrières. On peut trouver aussi des calcaires à Milioles dans les zones littorales ouvertes.

Spanish

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