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Record 1 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Paleontology
DEF

A small circular pit with a slightly raised rim around, formed in soft sediment by the impact of a raindrop.

CONT

Evidence of shallow water deposition is shown by crossbedding, ripple-marks, rain-drop impressions, worm burrows, boring-algae tubules and fossil fragments found in the ironstone and clastic sediments.

Key term(s)
  • rain imprint
  • raindrop impression
  • rain-drop imprint

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Petit cratère circulaire formé dans les sédiments meubles sous l'action des gouttes de pluie.

CONT

[...] d'autres empreintes [...] sont dues à la chute de gouttes de pluie et de grêlons, à la dessiccation avec fentes de retrait de boues fraîchement déposées et aux marques laissées par le ressac sur le sable des plages.

Key term(s)
  • empreinte de gouttes de pluie

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Geology
OBS

A small, shallow, circular to elliptical, and vertical or slanting depression or crater-like pit surrounded by a slightly raised rim, formed in soft sediment (fine sand, silt, clay) or in the mud of a tidal flat by the impact of a falling rain drop, (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Géologie
OBS

Les manuels font état de formes exceptionnelles mais très spectaculaires de la surface de couches. Ce sont les "cupules de gouttes de pluie", (...)

Spanish

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