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SCREE [2 records]

Record 1 2004-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Physical Geography (General)
DEF

Debris from a landslide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Geografía física (Generalidades)
DEF

Acúmulo de fragmentos de roca desplazados por gravedad o por efecto de agentes atmosféricos o de corrientes de agua que se localiza en las laderas o en la base de una zona inclinada.

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Record 2 1977-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Geology
OBS

(...) screes in limestones are more stable than in other rocks, because they tend to become cemented by the deposition of tufa between the blocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Géologie
OBS

La "grèze" est une brèche à fragments anguleux à peine émoussés, fréquente en pays actuellement tempéré, au-dessus des roches calcaires ou à leur pied, et résultant de leur fissuration et fragmentation par le gel, lors des périodes froides du Quaternaire.

Spanish

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