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Record 1 2013-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Recent placer deposits ... are found as colluvial deposits, valley-bottom alluvial blankets in gulches and other tributary valleys, bar deposits in major river systems and beach and nearshore marine deposits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

La nappe alluviale est celle qui s'étend dans les alluvions d'un cours d'eau. Elle est plus ou moins en relation avec les eaux de la rivière, mais suivant le degré de perméabilité et le colmatage des alluvions, son niveau peut être plus élevé que celui de l'eau libre.

CONT

En Côte-d'Ivoire, la découverte de nappes alluviales anciennes, le long d'anciens cours d'eau abandonnés à la suite de captures, a considérablement augmenté les réserves probables d'or et de diamant [...]

Spanish

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