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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Clay, silt, sand, gravel, pebbles or other detrital material deposited by water.  7, record 1, English, - alluvium

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

plural of alluvium: alluviums or alluvia.  8, record 1, English, - alluvium

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

As a noun, "alluvial" is generally plural.  9, record 1, English, - alluvium

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Valley-bottom alluvium.  10, record 1, English, - alluvium

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 PHR

Well-sorted alluvium.  10, record 1, English, - alluvium

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Argile, limon, sable, gravier, cailloux ou autres matériaux détritiques déposés par l'eau.  4, record 1, French, - alluvion

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les alluvions sont constituées par des particules provenant des roches en place, mais ayant subi des modifications plus ou moins importantes du fait de leur transport par les eaux courantes.  5, record 1, French, - alluvion

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[...] les éluvions et les illuvions sont des sédiments demeurés en place [...]  6, record 1, French, - alluvion

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

alluvion : terme géneralement utilisé au pluriel (alluvions).  7, record 1, French, - alluvion

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Alluvion de fond de vallée.  8, record 1, French, - alluvion

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Arcilla, lodos, arena, grava, guijarros u otro material de detritos depositados por el agua.  3, record 1, Spanish, - dep%C3%B3sito%20aluvial

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, or cobble along the shoreline of a body of water.  2, record 2, English, - beach

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The relatively thick and temporary accumulation of loose water-borne material(usually well-sorted sand and pebbles, accompanied by mud, cobbles, boulders, and smoothed rock and shell fragments) that is in active transit along, or deposited on, the beach between the limits of low water and high water...  3, record 2, English, - beach

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Espace de loisir sur le rivage de la mer, propre aux activités balnéaires et nautiques.  2, record 2, French, - plage

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Ce sont des formes d'accumulation de sables ou de galets, généralement dans les parties concaves du rivage [...] Les plages sont des formes d'accumulation dont la stabilité est parfois fragile. Il suffit, d'une modification du rivage pour que les courants balayent le sable qu'ils avaient accumulé.  3, record 2, French, - plage

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Strictement parlant, les matériaux qui constituent une grève sont plus grossiers que ceux d'une plage.  4, record 2, French, - plage

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Cinturón o zona de material sin consolidar, arena suelta o materiales arrastrados por las corrientes marítimas, que se extiende a lo largo de la línea del agua.  2, record 2, Spanish, - playa

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Sorting refers to whether the particles are relatively uniform in size or are many sizes. A well-sorted sediment consists of grains of uniform size and a poorly-sorted sediment contains particles of many sizes.  3, record 3, English, - poorly%20sorted

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

A well-sorted sandstone tends to have greater porosity than a poorly sorted sandstone because of the lack of grains small enough to fill its pores. Conglomerates tend to be poorly sorted rocks, with particles ranging from boulder size to clay size.  4, record 3, English, - poorly%20sorted

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

poorly-sorted: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  5, record 3, English, - poorly%20sorted

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Poorly sorted porosity, sediment.  5, record 3, English, - poorly%20sorted

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Utilisation des répartitions totales des dimensions des grains pour définir l'érosion de fond et le transport de sédiments mal classés ayant subi une bioturbation simulée.  2, record 3, French, - mal%20class%C3%A9

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

On a deux cas : - Le sédiment est homogène : on dit que le sédiment est bien classé. - Le sédiment est hétérogène : on dit qu'il est mal classé.  3, record 3, French, - mal%20class%C3%A9

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

mal classé : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  4, record 3, French, - mal%20class%C3%A9

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Sorting refers to whether the particles are relatively uniform in size or are many sizes. A well-sorted sediment consists of grains of uniform size and a poorly-sorted sediment contains particles of many sizes.  2, record 4, English, - well%2Dsorted

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT

A well-sorted sandstone tends to have greater porosity than a poorly sorted sandstone because of the lack of grains small enough to fill its pores. Conglomerates tend to be poorly sorted rocks, with particles ranging from boulder size to clay size.  3, record 4, English, - well%2Dsorted

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

On a deux cas : - Le sédiment est homogène : on dit que le sédiment est bien classé. - Le sédiment est hétérogène : on dit qu'il est mal classé.  1, record 4, French, - bien%20class%C3%A9

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A small rounded aggregate of sedimentary material, such as a fecal pellet.  2, record 5, English, - pellet

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

It is typically made up of clay-sized calcareous material, devoid of internal structure, and is contained in a well-sorted phosphatic or carbonate rock.  2, record 5, English, - pellet

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

pellet: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  3, record 5, English, - pellet

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Petite boule calcaire inférieure à 0,2 mm, sans structure visible, souvent d'origine fécale.  4, record 5, French, - pelote

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les constituants ovoïdes sont des pelotes (ou pellets).  5, record 5, French, - pelote

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

On distingue les boulettes humides ou crues et les boulettes sèches ou cuites.  6, record 5, French, - pelote

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

pellet : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  7, record 5, French, - pelote

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Cuerpo cilíndrico o esférico cuya mayor dimensión es inferior a 1 cm, obtenido por agregación de materiales finamente divididos.  1, record 5, Spanish, - pelet

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A well-sorted, lithologically homogeneous conglomerate that forms the bottom stratigraphic unit of a sedimentary series and that rests on a surface of erosion, thereby marking an unconformity...  3, record 6, English, - basal%20conglomerate

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The term "basal conglomerate" has the stratigraphic implication of a conglomerate which lies above an unconformity, and is chiefly formed of fragments derived from below this plane.  4, record 6, English, - basal%20conglomerate

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

basal conglomerate: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  5, record 6, English, - basal%20conglomerate

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Conglomérats de base. Ce sont des séries granoclassées montrant des interdigitations à l'Ackerblom Island. Tout à la base, le matériel est directement arraché au soubassement; il se présente sans classement, empilé pêle-mêle et il égalise les irrégularités de surface du socle.  3, record 6, French, - conglom%C3%A9rat%20de%20base

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Les «conglomérats de base» [...] soulignent les transgressions (cordon littoral ou sol continental remanié) [...].  4, record 6, French, - conglom%C3%A9rat%20de%20base

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

conglomérat de base : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  5, record 6, French, - conglom%C3%A9rat%20de%20base

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Said of a clastic sediment that has been differentiated or evolved from its parent rock by processes acting over a long time and with a high intensity and that is characterized by stable minerals(such as quartz), deficiency of the more mobile oxides(such as soda), absence of weatherable material(such as clay) and well-sorted but subangular to angular grains.  3, record 7, English, - mature

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Most uranium sandstone deposits are in continental sandstones and associated conglomerates that compositionally are immature to submature(i. e., arkosic, lithic, and/or tuffaceous), and texturally are mature(well sorted).  2, record 7, English, - mature

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 CONT

The Athabasca Group of Saskatchewan-Alberta ... consists of ... east-derived alluvial fanglomerate, siltstone, and diagenetically matured quartzite ... deposited ... in a tectonically active area.  2, record 7, English, - mature

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

mature: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  4, record 7, English, - mature

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[En parlant d'une roche sédimentaire], parvenue au terme d'une évolution géomorphologique.  1, record 7, French, - %C3%A9volu%C3%A9

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La plupart des gîtes d'uranium dans des grès se rencontrent dans des grès et des conglomérats associés de milieu continental qui, quant à la composition, varient d'immatures à submatures (c.-à-d.) arkosiques, lithiques ou tufacés) et, quant à la texture, sont matures (bien triés).  3, record 7, French, - %C3%A9volu%C3%A9

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

mature : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  4, record 7, French, - %C3%A9volu%C3%A9

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Sediments ... formed from broken pieces of rock are called detrital sediments ...  3, record 8, English, - detritic%20sediments

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Detrital sediments are... characterized by their sorting, the degree to which clastic particle sizes are similar. Sediments are described as poorly-sorted if a mix of particle sizes is present, and well-sorted if primarily one particle size is present.  4, record 8, English, - detritic%20sediments

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Alluvial formations are composed mainly of detritic sediments of varying grain size and composition.  5, record 8, English, - detritic%20sediments

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Formation benthique caractérisée par des sédiments provenant de la désagrégation mécanique des matériaux (terrigènes) ou de tests d'animaux (biodétritique).  2, record 8, French, - d%C3%A9tritique

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le détritique côtier.  2, record 8, French, - d%C3%A9tritique

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

This well-sorted sediment is composed mainly of very fine sand(3-4 phi) ;the grain-size "signature" of the sediment of the region is thus easily identifiable.  1, record 9, English, - grain%2Dsize%20signature

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Ces sédiments bien triés sont constitués principalement de sables très fins (3-4 phi), de sorte que la «signature granulométrique» des sédiments de la région est facilement identifiable.  1, record 9, French, - signature%20granulom%C3%A9trique

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.  2, record 10, English, - Hulcross%20Member

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 OBS

The dark grey, silty marine shales of the Hulcross Member of the Commotion are overlain by and are in part laterally equivalent to the Boulder Creek deposits of well-sorted chert sandstone...  3, record 10, English, - Hulcross%20Member

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Located in Western Canada.  4, record 10, English, - Hulcross%20Member

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.  2, record 10, French, - niveau%20d%27Hulcross

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.  2, record 10, French, - niveau%20d%27Hulcross

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Les schiste marins silteux, de couleur gris foncé, qui constituent le niveau d'Hulcross de la formation de Commotion, sont recouverts par les dépôts de Boulder Creek dont ils sont, en partie, les équivalents latéraux [...]  3, record 10, French, - niveau%20d%27Hulcross

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.  2, record 11, English, - Halfway%20Formation

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS

The Halfway Formation, containing well-sorted, fine-to medium-grained sandstone has been interpreted as near-shore sandbar deposits. Its maximum thickness is more than 400 feet, decreasing eastward to a zero depositional edge.  3, record 11, English, - Halfway%20Formation

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Located in Western Canada.  4, record 11, English, - Halfway%20Formation

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.  2, record 11, French, - formation%20d%27Halfway

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.  2, record 11, French, - formation%20d%27Halfway

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 3 OBS

La formation d'Halfway, constituée de grès bien trié, de grain fin à grain grossier, a été considérée comme un dépôt côtier de barres de sable. Son épaisseur maximale est supérieure à 400 pieds et diminue vers l'est jusqu'à zéro à sa limite de dépôt.  3, record 11, French, - formation%20d%27Halfway

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.  2, record 12, English, - Milk%20River%20Formation

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 2 OBS

In southern Alberta, the Colorado shales grade upward into well-sorted sandstones of the Milk River Formation that in turn are overlain by marine shales of the Pakowki Formation.  3, record 12, English, - Milk%20River%20Formation

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.  2, record 12, French, - formation%20de%20Milk%20River

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.  2, record 12, French, - formation%20de%20Milk%20River

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Dans le sud de l'Alberta, les schistes argileux du groupe de Colorado passent graduellement vers le haut en les grès bien triés de la formation de Milk River, recouverte elle-même par les schistes argileux marins de la formation de Pakowki.  3, record 12, French, - formation%20de%20Milk%20River

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.  2, record 13, English, - Gates%20Formation

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 2 OBS

The upper Notikewin Member of well-sorted sandstone is equivalent to upper beds of the Gates Formation.  3, record 13, English, - Gates%20Formation

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Located in Western Canada.  4, record 13, English, - Gates%20Formation

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.  2, record 13, French, - formation%20de%20Gates

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.  2, record 13, French, - formation%20de%20Gates

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Le niveau supérieur de Notikewin est un grès bien trié et correspond aux couches supérieures de la formation de Gates.  3, record 13, French, - formation%20de%20Gates

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.  2, record 14, English, - Blood%20Reserve%20Formation

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Well-sorted marine sandstone immediately overlying the Bearpaw is locally known as the Blood Reserve Formation.  3, record 14, English, - Blood%20Reserve%20Formation

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Located in Western Canada.  4, record 14, English, - Blood%20Reserve%20Formation

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.  2, record 14, French, - formation%20de%20Blood%20Reserve

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.  2, record 14, French, - formation%20de%20Blood%20Reserve

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Le grès marin bien trié, sus-jacent immédiatement à la formation de Bearpaw, est connu localement sous le nom de formation de Blood Reserve.  3, record 14, French, - formation%20de%20Blood%20Reserve

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 15,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.  2, record 15, English, - Bad%20Heart%20Formation

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 2 OBS

The Bad Heart Formation of the Foothills contains well-sorted sandstone similar to that of the Cardium.  3, record 15, English, - Bad%20Heart%20Formation

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Located in Western Canada.  4, record 15, English, - Bad%20Heart%20Formation

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.  2, record 15, French, - formation%20de%20Bad%20Heart

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.  2, record 15, French, - formation%20de%20Bad%20Heart

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 3 OBS

La formation de Bad Heart des Foothills renferme un grès bien trié similaire à celui de la formation de Cardium.  3, record 15, French, - formation%20de%20Bad%20Heart

Record 15,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 16,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Microgranular : Minutely granular; specif. said of the texture of a carbonate sedimentary rock wherein the particles are mostly 10-60 microns in diameter and are well-sorted, and the finer clay-sized matrix is absent.  2, record 16, English, - microgranular%20limestone

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Limestone: A sedimentary rock containing calcium carbonate (calcite), or calcium-magnesium carbonate (dolomite), or any combination of these two carbonates at least to the extent of 50 percent of the rock.  3, record 16, English, - microgranular%20limestone

Record 16,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Calcaire dont les grains de calcite ont une taille allant de 64 à 250 [mu].  1, record 16, French, - calcaire%20microgrenu

Record 16,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 17,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... a clastic sediment that has been differentiated or evolved from its parent rock by processes acting over a long time and with a high intensity and that is characterized by stable minerals(such as quartz), deficiency of the more mobile oxides(such as soda), absence of weatherable material(such as clay), and well-sorted but subangular to angular grains.  2, record 17, English, - mature%20sediment

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Lake Superior type iron-formations include a broad assemblage of hydrolithic sedimentary facies that were deposited ... in intracratonic basins in association with mature sediments...  3, record 17, English, - mature%20sediment

Record 17,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Sédiment contenant uniquement des minéraux stables.  2, record 17, French, - s%C3%A9diment%20mature

Record 17,  Textual support,  Spanish