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PLUME PARTICULATE [2 records]

Record 1 2007-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Thermal Springs - Uses
OBS

The abundant sulphides in the tuff horizons ... may have been plume particulates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Thermalisme
OBS

Les sulfures présents en abondance dans les horizons de tufs [...] sont peut-être des particules dispersées dans un panache hydrothermal.

Key term(s)
  • particule dispersée dans un panache

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Noise Pollution
CONT

There are also a large number of optical particle counters ... which purport to give size distributions and number concentration for aerosols.... Sensitivities of these units are good for particulate plume studies but not particularly sensitive for background aerosol studies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution par le bruit

Spanish

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