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BROWN PEAT [9 records]

Record 1 2018-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
  • Ecosystems
OBS

peat : a firm brown deposit resembling soil, formed by the partial decomposition of vegetable matter in the wet acidic conditions of bogs and fens, and often cut out and dried for use as fuel and in gardening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies de végétation
  • Écosystèmes
OBS

tourbe : matière spongieuse issue de la décomposition de végétaux dans certains marécages et utilisée comme combustible.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peat and Peat Bogs
  • Soil Science
  • Ecosystems
CONT

The new land at Wicken Fen will be transformed into wetlands and a buffer zone to protect the National Trust reserve, one of the best surviving examples of peat fen in Britain and is home to many species of wildlife.

OBS

There are three types of peat : fen, high bog and intermediate. Fen peat is the most common in Poland. It occurs in the river valleys and on the lake coasts on the Polish Lowlands. The peat is rich in nutrients and dominated by carex, phragmites and different species of brown moss as well as birch and alder.

OBS

peat fen: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tourbières
  • Science du sol
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

La présence de pergélisol à la lisière sud de la zone discontinue est étroitement associée à la nature des tourbières, les marais tourbeux recouvrant du pergélisol et les marais non tourbeux étant non gelés.

CONT

C'est dans les marais tourbeux, au bord des mares, à l'ombre des arbres ou des arbustes, parfois au soleil, que croît la plante.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
CONT

Lignite, generally yellow to dark brown or rarely black coal that formed from peat at shallow depths and temperatures lower than 100 °C(212 °F). It is the first product of coalification and is intermediate between peat and subbituminous coal according to the coal classification used in the United States and Canada.

OBS

The term "brown coal" can also refer to a broader group of low-rank coals which includes lignite and subbituminous coal.

OBS

lignite coal: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons
DEF

Charbon fossile, d'aspect ligneux ou terreux, noir ou brun, contenant 65 à 75 % de carbone, intermédiaire entre la tourbe et la houille.

OBS

lignite : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Clasificación del carbón
DEF

Carbón color pardo terroso, con restos fibrosos, originado fundamentalmente durante la Era Terciaria. Se originó, como la hulla, por descomposición anaerobia de materias vegetales.

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Record 4 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
OBS

... distinction should be made between secondary true dopplerite,... and fossil dopplerite(Zittavite) originating at the peat stage of soft brown coal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
OBS

Il y a deux types de dopplérite, la dopplérite vraie et la dopplérite fossile ou zittavite, formée dès le stade tourbe du lignite tendre.

OBS

Voir aussi «dopplerite».

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining of Organic Materials
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Petrography
DEF

... a black gelatinous material, solidifying as a result of loss of water to a black lustrous solid and chemically consists principally of free humic acids or as humic acid salts such as calcium humate.

OBS

It is applicable only to material occurring in peat and soft brown coal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Masse noire et gélatineuse qui se solidifie par déperdition d'eau en un corps solide, noir et brillant.

OBS

Propre à la tourbe et au lignite tendre.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Paleontology
DEF

A fossil resin... found in brown coals and peat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Variété de résine fossile.

CONT

[...] résines fossiles de Moravie (walchovite, neudorfite et muckite).

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peat and Peat Bogs
  • Biomass Energy
DEF

Peat composed of brown mosses, mainly Amblystegium, Paludella and Hypnum.

OBS

Stanek - Muskeg and the Northern Environment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tourbières
  • Énergie de la biomasse

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining of Organic Materials
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
OBS

A collective name for humic gels occurring in peat and brown coal such as dopplorite, zittavite, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
OBS

Nom collectif des gels humiques.

Spanish

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Record 9 1989-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peat and Peat Bogs
DEF

A fen with mounds of perennially frozen peat(sedge and brown moss peat) and mineral soil, up to 5 m high and 100 m in diameter although they can be much smaller.

CONT

Palsa fens generally occur in unfrozen peatlands and are frequently associated with collapse scar fens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tourbières
DEF

[Tourbière minérotrophe] qui comprend des monticules de tourbe pergélisolée (tourbe de mousse brune et de laîches) et de sol minéral, pouvant atteindre 5 m de hauteur et 100 m de diamètre, mais pouvant être beaucoup plus petits.

Spanish

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