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RHEID [1 record]

Record 1 1977-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

Carey (1954) gave the name "rheid" to "a substance whose temperature is below the melting point, and whose deformation by viscous flow during the time of [observation] is at least three orders of magnitude greater than the elastic deformation under the given conditions."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

(...) un rheid est une substance dont la température est au-dessous du point de fusion, et dont la déformation visqueuse durant le temps d'expérience est au moins de trois ordres de grandeur supérieure à la déformation élastique dans les mêmes conditions.

Spanish

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