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Record 1 1994-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Geology
DEF

Said of a soil with a high shrink-swell potential in the surface layer so that it cracks into a granular mulch when it dries.

Key term(s)
  • self mulching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Géologie
CONT

La propriété de certaines argiles de former, sous l'influence de ces phénomènes [du gel et du dégel], une couche superficielle meuble et grenue, est dénommée par les auteurs anglo-saxons: "self mulching", que l'on peut traduire par "autofoisonnement" ou "autobrassage".

Spanish

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