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Record 1 2011-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Oceanography
OBS

Over the last decade, some major national and international projects have been directly related to the study of submarine mass movements. These projects have various acronyms: ADFEX (Arctic Delta Failure Experiment, 1989-1992) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Océanographie
OBS

Regroupant la France, la Norvège et le Canada, le projet ADFEX (Arctic Delta Failure Experiment) s'intéresse à la réalisation, grandeur nature, d'un glissement sous-marin. Pour y arriver, un delta est déstabilisé à l'aide d'explosifs afin de provoquer une liquéfaction instantanée du front du delta. Le site choisi [...] est le delta de la rivière Kenamu au lac Melville (Labrador).

OBS

essai de rupture d'un delta arctique : Source : Département de géologie, Université Laval.

Spanish

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