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CLAY FLINTS [1 record]

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Record 1 1978-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Geology
OBS

In all probability the red clay-with flints of some districts in south-eastern England is essentially a residual deposit derived from the Chalk, and related to terra rossa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Géologie
OBS

Les argiles à silex sont des produits de décomposition de calcaire ou de craie à silex (par exemple l'argile à silex du bassin de Paris, sur la craie sénonienne). Ce sédiment éluvial repris donne le "bief à silex". Le minéral argileux est en partie de la nontronite.

OBS

bief à silex: Mélange d'argile à silex rougeâtre et de corps étrangers tels que galets ou grains de sable.

Spanish

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