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Record 1 2006-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

That moves, tends, faces, or is directed toward.

CONT

... the riverward side

CONT

The zoning appears to show a relationship to the palaeogeography, and proceeding basinwards through a deposit it takes the form of Cu + Ag ...

CONT

Upward migration.

CONT

... very low concentrations of ferrous iron in anoxic deep basins were transported landward by upwelling seawater ...

Key term(s)
  • wards
  • ward

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

[...] le fer ferreux en très faible concentrations dans les bassins profonds anoxiques a été transporté vers le continent par une remontée d'eau de mer.

Spanish

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