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BURIAL CONDITIONS [9 records]

Record 1 2022-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
CONT

Deterioration during burial. In certain burial conditions, there may be exceptional preservation of objects. Organic materials(e. g. wood, skin and leather, feathers, bone, ivory, textile, horn, antler, baleen) are best preserved in very wet, very dry, frozen or low-oxygen burial environments. In these conditions, the materials are protected from biological activity(e. g. bacteria, mould, insects, animals).

CONT

Site capping or burial involves judiciously covering an archaeological site or elements of an archaeological site with fill, asphalt, peat, concrete, etc. for conservation purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
CONT

Un autre mode d'enfouissement résulte du dépôt de matériaux transportés brutalement en masse : coulées de boue, coulées boueuses, glissements de terrain à l'échelle d'une portion de versant ou d'un tronçon de vallée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
CONT

A series of waterlogged archaeological sites in the Netherlands were investigated to examine wood degradation by erosion bacteria. Chemical analyses of soil and water at the sites showed a large variation in burial conditions, reflecting differences in sediment composition, salinity, trophic levels, and past burial conditions.

OBS

burial condition: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • burial conditions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
CONT

Dans certaines conditions d'enfouissement, les objets peuvent rester dans un état de préservation exceptionnel. Les matériaux organiques [...] se préservent mieux dans un lieu d'enfouissement détrempé, très sec, gelé ou à faible concentration d'oxygène. Dans ces conditions, les matériaux sont protégés de l'activité biologique (par exemple, bactéries, moisissures, insectes, animaux).

OBS

condition d'enfouissement : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • conditions d'enfouissement

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administrative Law
  • Funeral Services
DEF

The right to be interred in a cemetery's burial site(plot, niche, cinerary urn vault or crypt), in accordance with the law as well as the cemetery's terms and conditions, rules and these regulations, for as long as the site is legally designated for this purpose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit administratif
  • Pompes funèbres
DEF

Droit de sépulture dans un espace (terrain, niche, cavurne ou enfeu) du cimetière, conformément à la loi et aux conditions, règles et règlements du cimetière, aussi longtemps que cet espace est légalement affecté à cette fin.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
CONT

A burial vault is a sealed outer container into which as casket is placed prior to its underground interment or burial in a cemetery. Its use will provide added protection for both the casket and deceased, particularly where there are poor soil conditions and high ground water levels. It will also support the weight of the earth and heavy equipment that may pass over the grave, thus substantially reducing problems at the graveside and, in turn, cemetery costs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

Une fausse tombe ou une voûte est un contenant scellé dans lequel le cercueil est déposé pour le protéger [dans la fosse.]

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

The simplest form of engineered trench, or shallow land burial, relies mainly on the properties of the excavated overburden and the geohydrologic properties of the site for containment. The intent is to ensure that the travel time of radionuclides from the waste to the human environment via groundwater is long compared to the nuclide half lives. Travel time is long because of low hydraulic gradients, soils of low water permeability and high contaminant adsorption, and lengthy pathways across exclusion zones.

CONT

Illustration of a shallow land burial facility(engineered trench).... Figure 9 outlines the engineered trench option. In this option, the major characteristics are that :. wastes are placed below grade(in suitable hydrogeological conditions) in trenches having a specially prepared bottom that incorporates a drainage system;. there is an earthen cover over the wastes that easily can incorporate additional engineered barriers;. structural stability is not provided by the disposal facility; and. for structural stability, voids between the waste containers are filled with sans or earthen materials-bulk wastes may be compacted.

CONT

Shallow-land burial in trenches was the original low-level waste disposal practice at the beginning of the nuclear era. The method originally consisted in emplacing the wastes in trenches dug into the ground at depths ranging from 3 to 6 m and covering the emplaced wastes with about 1 m of soil.

CONT

Burial trenches without additional engineered barriers can be used provided that radionuclides will migrate into groundwater beneath the site at an acceptable rate.

OBS

As used in this context, the word "engineered" refers to the fact that features and materials have been designed or selected to accomplish certain functions. In shallow land burial the materials are usually natural rather than man-made.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
CONT

Des stockages par enfouissement à faible profondeur sont réalisés aux États-Unis, en Grande-Bretagne, en U.R.S.S., au Canada et en France. Dans les deux premiers pays, le stockage se fait sur des déchets pas ou peu conditionnés, dans des tranchées en pleine terre.

CONT

Stockage de surface. [...] Le stockage peut être réalisé en tranchées, mode acceptable pour des terrains argileux, si la nappe phréatique est suffisamment basse.

OBS

Voir aussi «tranchée bétonnée».

OBS

Dans ce contexte, l'adjectif «engineered» pourrait se rendre par «spécialement conçu». Voir l'observation qui se trouve dans le module anglais de la fiche.

PHR

Tranchée bétonnée (à faible profondeur, au voisinage de la surface).

PHR

Couverture de tranchée. Enfouissement, stockage dans des tranchées. Stockage en tranchées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 6 2010-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
OBS

Illustration of a shallow land burial facility(engineered trench).... Figure 9 outlines the engineered trench option. In this option, the major characteristics are that : wastes are placed below grade(in suitable hydrogeological conditions) in trenches having a specially prepared bottom that incorporates a drainage system; there is an earthen cover over the wastes that easily can incorporate additional engineered barriers; structural stability is not provided by the disposal facility; and for structural stability, voids between the waste containers are filled with sand or earthen materials-bulk wastes may be compacted.

Key term(s)
  • shallow-land storage facility
  • shallow ground storage facility
  • near surface storage facility

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
OBS

Voir aussi «stockage à faible profondeur» et «enfouissement à faible profondeur».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 7 2008-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

... to survive an avalanche you have to be rescued within 15 minutes... In ideal conditions it will take around 5 minutes to locate a victim with [an avalanche] transceiver and 10 to 15 minutes to dig them out from the average depth of burial which is 1 meter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
CONT

Système de localisation ULB pour le secours aux victimes d'avalanches. [..] Statistiquement, la profondeur moyenne d'ensevelissement est le plus souvent inférieure à 2 m.

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Logistics
DEF

A burial, usually on the battlefield, when conditions do not permit either evacuation for interment in a cemetery or burial according to national or international legal regulations.

OBS

emergency burial; burial: terms and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logistique militaire
DEF

Inhumation, le plus souvent sur un champ de bataille, lorsque les circonstances ne permettent pas une évacuation vers un cimetière, ou une inhumation conforme aux lois nationales ou internationales.

OBS

inhumation d'urgence; inhumation : termes et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

inhumation d'urgence : terme et définition uniformisés par le sous-Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du soutien au combat.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Logística militar
DEF

Entierro, normalmente en el campo de batalla, cuando las condiciones no permiten la evacuación del cadáver para enterrarlo en un cementerio o para efectuar su inhumación de acuerdo con las leyes nacionales e internacionales.

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Record 9 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Illustration of a shallow land burial facility(engineered trench).... Figure 9 outlines the engineered trench option. In this option, the major characteristics are that : wastes are placed below grade(in suitable hydrogeological conditions) in trenches having a specially prepared bottom that incorporates a drainage system; there is an earthen cover over the wastes that easily can incorporate additional engineered barriers; structural stability is not provided by the disposal facility; and for structural stability, voids between the waste containers are filled with sand or earthen materials-bulk wastes may be compacted.

Key term(s)
  • shallow-land burial facility
  • shallow ground burial facility
  • near surface burial facility

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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