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EFFECTIVE NORMAL PRESSURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

... the effective normal pressure at the top of the sandy till needs to be very low so that the till is soft enough to deform to relatively great depths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Dans une roche poreuse et saturée d'eau, pression exercée à une profondeur modérée par le poids des roches sur la couche inférieure, diminuée de la pression du fluide.

Spanish

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