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Record 1 1978-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
OBS

Perhaps the convective descent there is broad and diffuse, or consists of two distinct zones for the two currents, or is even unexistent; in this last case there would be "open cell" convection ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
OBS

Peut-être la descente convective y est-elle large et diffuse, ou comprend-elle deux zones distinctes pour les deux courants, ou même n'existe-t-elle pas; dans ce dernier cas il y aurait convection "à cellule ouverte" (...)

Spanish

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