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ZONAL [3 records]

Record 1 2011-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
DEF

[Said of] soils having well-developed soil characteristics that reflect the zonal influence of climate and living organisms, mainly vegetation, as active factors of soil genesis.

CONT

... kinds of soil could be classified as zonal if their properties reflected the influence of climate and vegetation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
DEF

Se dit d'un sol dont les qualités sont déterminées par le climat et la végétation.

PHR

Sol zonal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencia del suelo
DEF

[Dícese del] suelo climácico y climático en cuya evolución han predominado fundamentalmente los factores activos de la formación del suelo, es decir, el clima y la vegetación.

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Record 2 2003-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climate Change
  • Air Pollution
  • Environmental Economics
DEF

Along a line of latitude; that is west/east or east/west.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Changements climatiques
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Économie environnementale
CONT

Circulation zonale, flux zonal : composante le long d'un parallèle terrestre, vers l'est ou vers l'ouest, d'une circulation atmosphérique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cambio climático
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Economía del medio ambiente
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Record 3 1998-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
CONT

... complex pegmatites may have a complex mineralogy ... but their marked feature is the arrangement of their minerals in a zonal sequence from the contact inwards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie

Spanish

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