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GROUND MORAINE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2004-05-13
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- ground moraine
1, record 1, English, ground%20moraine
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- bottom moraine 2, record 1, English, bottom%20moraine
correct
- subglacial moraine 3, record 1, English, subglacial%20moraine
- basal moraine 4, record 1, English, basal%20moraine
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A thick sheet of till forming an undulating surface of low relief and deposited when the morainic debris carried in the base of an ice-sheet or glacier is released during a phase of melting. It tends to obscure former solid rock features. 5, record 1, English, - ground%20moraine
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- moraine de fond
1, record 1, French, moraine%20de%20fond
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- moraine profonde 2, record 1, French, moraine%20profonde
feminine noun, obsolete
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Moraine résultant du détachement d'une partie d'un glacier au cours de sa fusion. 3, record 1, French, - moraine%20de%20fond
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Plus informe [que les drumlins] est le relief des moraines de fond. [...] La moraine de fond est un manteau assez irrégulier, tantôt plat [...], tantôt mouluré de rigoles parallèles, tantôt ondulé en collines mal digitées [...] 4, record 1, French, - moraine%20de%20fond
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Au Canada, on distingue une quinzaine de types de moraines, chacune dessinant un relief qui lui est propre. La plupart d'entre elles sont, à l'origine, des moraines de fond, lesquelles sont habituellement formées de till. 5, record 1, French, - moraine%20de%20fond
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- morrena de fondo
1, record 1, Spanish, morrena%20de%20fondo
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Morrena formada en el fondo de un circo glaciar o de un valle por donde discurre la lengua glaciar, que suele adoptar la forma de colinas alargadas según la dirección del desplazamiento del hielo. 2, record 1, Spanish, - morrena%20de%20fondo
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Los detritos que han descendido hasta el lecho del glaciar o que han sido arrancados a éste constituyen una morrena de fondo a cuyos materiales, que rozan fuertemente con la roca del lecho, se debe el pulido característico del mismo. 3, record 1, Spanish, - morrena%20de%20fondo
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