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REWORKED [2 records]

Record 1 2006-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
DEF

Descriptive of material modified after its preliminary deposition, commonly by water or wind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
DEF

Se dit des matériaux modifiés, d'ordinaire par les eaux ou par le vent, après leur dépôt préliminaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

Said of a sediment, fossil, rock fragment, or other geologic material that has been removed or displaced by natural agents from its place of origin and incorporated in recognizable form in a younger formation.

CONT

A "reworked tuff" carried by flowing water and redeposited in another locality.

PHR

Reworked deposit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

[Se dit] des éléments d'une roche [qui en sont] extraits pour participer à la construction d'un sédiment (nécessairement plus récent).

CONT

Les gisements de phosphorites peuvent être enrichis par altération, vannage et remaniement [...] Les dépôts secondaires formés par ces processus sont connus sous le nom de dépôts résiduels, phosphatisés, ou remaniés.

Spanish

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