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RESIDUAL MATERIAL [2 records]

Record 1 1980-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
OBS

Unconsolidated and partly weathered mineral materials formed by the disintegration of consolidated rock in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
OBS

Substances minérales non consolidées et partiellement altérées, issues de la désintégration sur place de la roche consolidée.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Geology
OBS

Unconsolidated or partly weathered "parent material" of a soil, presumed to have developed in place (by weathering) from the consolidated rock on which it lies; it is the material from which soils are formed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Géologie
OBS

(...) les roches résiduelles sont des roches qui se forment par évolution sur place de formations plus anciennes. (...) elles procèdent par départ de matière à partir des roches mères dont elles dérivent.

Spanish

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