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Record 1 2006-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
CONT

In some areas iron-rich, silica-rich, apatite-rich, or gypsum-rich duricrusts form due to the abundance of Fe, Si, phosphate, or sulphate in the host sequence: they are known as ferricrete, silicrete, phoscrete, or gypcrete, respectively.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
CONT

Dans certaines régions, les croûtes concrétionnées riches en fer, en silice, en apatite ou en gypse se sont formées grâce à l'abondance de Fe, de Si, de phosphates ou de sulfates dans la séquence hôte : on les appelle respectivement «croûte ferrugineuse», «croûte siliceuse», «croûte phosphatée» ou «croûte gypseuse».

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