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RAVINEMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2005-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
OBS

A term introduced by Stamp ... for "an irregular junction which marks a break in sedimentation", such as an erosion line occurring where shallow-water marine deposits have "scooped down into" (or "ravined") slightly eroded underlying beds; a small-scale disconformity caused by periodic invasions of the sea over a deltaic area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)

Spanish

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