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EQUIPLANATION [2 records]

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Record 1 2001-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
OBS

See also "altiplanation."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Aplanissement du relief par érosion des interfluves et comblement des vallées sous l'action des phénomènes périglaciaires.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A hillside or summit bench that is cut in bedrock, lacks predominant structural control, and is confined to cold climates. These terraces have a veneer of solifluction debris, which may be imprinted with pattern ground.

Key term(s)
  • goletz terrace

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Replat un peu incliné (2 à 7°) observé en milieu froid dit périglaciaire dans des roches massives [...] d'origine ni structurale ni cyclique.

Key term(s)
  • replat d'équiplanation
  • terrasse goletz

Spanish

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