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BEDROCK OUTCROP [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

The exposed portion of a buried layer of rock that appears on the surface.

CONT

The chromite occurs in the western and eastern outcrops of ultrabasic rocks, with layers a few centimetres to two metres thick ...

OBS

basset: An obsolete term for the noun "outcrop" ...

OBS

basset edge: An old miners' term for outcrop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Portion du substratum rocheux visible à la surface du sol.

CONT

[...] on recherche les «affleurements» : roche bien en place, non cachée par la végétation ni par les éboulis, ni modifiée par l'action de l'homme (remblais ... etc.). L'idéal, ce sont les falaises naturelles, tranchées récentes, bords de mer, haute montagne et déserts.

CONT

[...] une érosion importante a décapé une forte épaisseur de terrains, et l'affleurement d'une couche peut apparaître sur un flanc de montagne ou dans un ravin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Capa de roca que emerge del suelo.

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