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OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2006-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
CONT

The development of reducing conditions will cause both the iron and the manganese to be reduced and to go into solution and move laterally and upward. When the solutions reach an oxidizing environment the two are precipitated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
DEF

Environnement susceptible d'augmenter la valence d'un cation ou de diminuer celle d'un anion.

CONT

[...] formation des nodules [...] proche de l'interface eau-sédiment, là où l'eau de la mer est un milieu oxydant.

Spanish

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