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YARMOUTH [4 records]

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Record 1 2014-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A town in the county of Yarmouth, in Nova Scotia.

OBS

Coordinates: 43° 50' 19" N, 66° 6' 55" W (Nova Scotia).

OBS

Usually, in Canada, the name of an inhabited place has only one form in English and French, which is listed in the Gazetteer of the province or territory according to the Incorporation Act of the entity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Ville dans le comté de Yarmouth, en Nouvelle-Écosse.

OBS

Coordonnées : 43° 50' 19" N, 66° 6' 55" O (Nouvelle-Écosse).

OBS

Habituellement, au Canada, le nom d'un lieu habité n'a qu'une forme en français et en anglais, celle consignée au Répertoire de la province ou du territoire et qui tient de l'Acte d'incorporation de l'entité.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Chronology
DEF

... the classical second interglacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, after the Kansan glacial stage and before the Illinoian.

CONT

The Yarmouth Interglacial Stage is represented in most of the Central states by widespread soil developed in Kansan drift and other sediment ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Chronologie
DEF

En Amérique du Nord, second interglaciaire du Pléistocène, succédant l'Illinoien.

OBS

Dans la Alpes, l'équivalent du Yarmouthien est le Mindel-Riss.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Glaciology
DEF

Pertaining to the classical second interglacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, after the Kansas glacial stage and the Illinoian.

CONT

Comparison of the soil with its modern equivalents suggests that the Yarmouth climate was much like the present one ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Glaciologie

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Geology
DEF

The classical second interglacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, after the Kansan glacial stage before the Illinoian.

OBS

In the Alps, the second interglacial stage is called Mindel-Riss.

Key term(s)
  • Mindel-Riss

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Géologie
DEF

En Amérique du Nord, second interglaciaire du Pléistocène, succédant au Kansanien et précédant l'Illinoien.

OBS

Dans les Alpes, l'équivalent du Yarmouthien est le Mindel-Riss.

Key term(s)
  • Mindel-Riss

Spanish

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