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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

An area where deposition is not taking place.

OBS

The opposite of a basin of deposition or negative area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

C'est au silurien moyen, il y a environ 420 millions d'années, que le retrait des océans a favorisé l'adaptation de certaines algues au milieu terrestre. Les paléobotanistes pensent que ce sont des algues vertes, déjà aptes à survivre [...] dans la zone de balancement des marées [...] qui ont colonisé les premières les nouvelles zones émergées.

Spanish

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