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COLLUVIAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

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

Applied to weathered rock debris that has moved down a hillslope either by creep or by surface wash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

La kaolinite et les oxydes ferriques peuvent résulter d'une néoformation sur place à partir de la montmorillonite de la craie et d'éléments résiduels, par altération colluviale [...]

CONT

[...] les cuirasses ferrugineuses cimentent souvent des alluvions; on peut les dire colluviales.

CONT

Les débris colluviaux et limons recouvrent de nombreux versants des pays tempérés; [...]

CONT

Des matériaux colluviaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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