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DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT [12 records]

Record 1 2014-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Plastic Materials
  • Environment
CONT

The burial potential of plastic debris is chiefly dependent on the material' s density and abundance, in addition to the depositional environment. Here, we report the appearance of a new “stone” formed through intermingling of melted plastic, beach sediment, basaltic lava fragments, and organic debris from Kamilo Beach on the island of Hawaii. The material, herein referred to as “plastiglomerate, ” is divided into in situ and clastic types that were distributed over all areas of the beach.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Matières plastiques
  • Environnement
CONT

Surnommé «plastiglomérat» [...], le matériau semi-naturel se compose d'une agrégation de roche volcanique, de sable, de débris de coquillage, de coraux et bien sûr, de matière plastique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

The sequence of vertical and horizontal facies succession of different ages, whose organization reflects the depositional processes... the characteristics of the depositional environment... or the sedimentary evolution within a basin...

OBS

Facies sequence can be defined at different scales: elementary sequence, mesosequence, and major sequence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water.

OBS

Rich chose three Greek words as general ones for the three critical environments. These are (1) unda for the shallow water overlying the shelf, (2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and (3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
OBS

C'est une région à accumulation maxima du matériel qui se trouve en excès sur la plate-forme. [...] on admet que les gros sédiments se déplacent jusque près de la bordure de la plate-forme. Le matériel fin migre plus loin. Ce milieu est nommé «clino» [...]

OBS

clino : Qualifie, dans l'étude des mécanismes de sédimentation littorale, deltaïques ou lacustres, le milieu de progradation.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
DEF

A subaqueous landform, such as the continental slope of the ocean or the foreset bed of a delta.

CONT

A clinoform is a seaward-dipping surface of a prograding sediment body that consists of a gently dipping topset, a steeply dipping foreset, and a gently dipping bottomset. The topset consists of fluvial and subaqueous environments coupled at the shoreline. Clinoforms are ubiquitous in modern depositional systems and are the fundamental constructional units of stratigraphic sequences.

OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water.

OBS

clinoform: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Partie moyenne d'une configuration d'une sédimentation se développant latéralement.

CONT

[...] chacun de ces types de clinoforme possède une répartition de faciès et une architecture qui lui est propre, en particulier pour ce qui concerne l'angle des clinoformes, le partitionnement des dépôts de part et d'autre de la bordure de la plate-forme au sein des cycles A/S (accommodation/production sédimentaire), l'évolution des paramètres paléoécologiques et des systèmes biosédimentaires, etc.

OBS

[Il s'agit d'une] forme morphologique progradante en oblique par rapport au substratum d'une aire de dépôt sur la zone frontale du talus littoral ou deltaïque.

OBS

clinoforme : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
DEF

Forma subacuática inclinada de la plataforma marina que se extiende desde el nivel de baje del oleaje [...] hacia su parte más profunda.

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Record 5 2011-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water.

OBS

Rich chose three Greek words as general ones for the three critical environments. These are (1) unda for the shallow water overlying the shelf, (2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and (3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
OBS

Une plate-forme est une région de transit de sédiments. Seuls les sédiments relativement grossiers sont stables, les autres sont en état de transport. La stratification y est irrégulière, inégale, à ripple-marks et légèrement entrecroisée. L'auteur nomme «unda» le milieu de dépôt correspondant [...]

OBS

unda : Qualifie, dans l'étude des mécanismes de sédimentation dans les aires distinctes d'une nappe d'eau, le milieu de la zone soumise à l'action des vagues.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
CONT

... the breakup unconformity is caused by erosion during the final uplift pulse associated with pre-breakup upwelling in the mantle.

CONT

The transition from syn-rift to post-rift sediments is usually marked by a change in depositional environment and sometimes by a regional unconformity, called the break-up unconformity.

OBS

breakup unconformity; break-up unconformity: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
OBS

discordance de rupture continentale; discordance de rupture : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Partie supérieure de la configuration progradante d'une sédimentation se développant latéralement plus que verticalement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
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Record 8 2009-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Ensemble des parties inférieures de toutes les strates de l'unité de la configuration de progradation d'une sédimentation se développant latéralement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
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Record 9 2009-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water

OBS

Rich chose three Greek words as general ones for the three critical environments. These are (1) unda for the shallow water overlying the shelf, (2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and (3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
OBS

Au-delà de la pente, le matériel qui se dépose est fin. Il provient de la pente et du continent : il se dépose en milieu pélagique. [...] L'auteur nomme «fondo» le milieu en question [...]

OBS

fondo : Qualifie, dans l'étude des mécanismes de sédimentation dans les aires distinctes d'une nappe d'eau, le milieu situé dans les zones basales, quelle que soit sa profondeur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
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Record 10 2006-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

The conditions under which a series of rocks were laid down.

CONT

Depositional environments are broadly divided into five groups: aeolian ..., alluvial ..., deltaic ..., interdeltaic ..., and marine.

OBS

Clays and pyrites at the base and top of the seam indicate a limnic depositional environment. [English Abstract of the following source : Diplomarbeit, Coal Petrography, Köln, 1988. ]

PHR

Continental, marine depositional environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
PHR

Milieu sédimentaire continental, marin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
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Record 11 2006-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
  • Geochemistry
CONT

Silicate facies. Iron silicate minerals are generally associated with magnetite, siderite and chert. These form layers alternating with each other. This mineralogy suggests that the silicate facies forms in an environment common to parts of the oxide and carbonate facies. However, of all the facies of BIF, the depositional environment for iron silicates is least understood.

CONT

Iron oxide-rich facies with a minimum of associated carbonate or silicate facies are selected for ore.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
  • Géochimie
CONT

Diagramme montrant les principaux types de formations ferrifères résultant d'une précipitation chimique; on donne aussi le faciès de sédimentation [...]. Faciès oxyde. Faciès silicate. Faciès carbonate. Faciès sulfure.

CONT

Dans le district d'Iron River (Michigan), la superposition des faciès minéralogiques rappelle celle de Lorraine [...]; en partant de la base se succèdent : le faciès sulfuré, le faciès carbonaté et un faciès silicaté.

CONT

Tant [en Nouvelle-Calédonie] qu'en Côte d'Ivoire les teneurs en NiO des faciès silicates varient de 1 à 2 % dans le faciès oxydé et peuvent dépasser 2 %.

Spanish

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Record 12 1996-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Cartography
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A relatively sudden and short-lived paleogeographic happening, such as the brief existence of a particular depositional environment, or a rapid geographic change separating two palstages....

Key term(s)
  • palaeogeographic event
  • paleogeographical event
  • palaeogeographical event

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Cartographie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

[...] il se peut qu'un gisement blende-galène soit syndiagénétique, qu'un autre soit épigénétique et que ces deux gisements se ressemblent beaucoup «à première vue». Donc toute l'attention du métallogéniste doit se porter sur les critères de distinction. Les meilleurs de ces critères sont d'ordre géologique : par exemple le gisement présente-t-il une relation avec les faits d'ordre sédimentologique et paléogéographique?

Spanish

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