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CYCLE SEDIMENTATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Oceanography
DEF

A series of related processes and conditions appearing repeatedly in the same sequence in a sedimentary deposit.

OBS

The sediments deposited from the beginning of one cycle to the beginning of a second cycle of the spread of the sea over a land area, consisting of the original land sediments, followed by those deposited by shallow water, then deep water, and then the reverse process of the receding water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Période de sédimentation marine qui, dans une région déterminée, est encadrée par deux régressions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Oceanografía
DEF

Secuencia de sedimentos que comprende los depósitos correspondientes a una transgresión marina y a la regresión sucesiva.

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