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DELTA ALLUVIAL [5 records]

Record 1 2019-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

River channel patterns are thought to form a morphological continuum. This continuum is two-dimensional, defined by plan features of which there are three (straight, meandering, branching), and structural levels of fluvial relief of which there are also three (floodplain, flood channel, low-water channel).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Les variables qui permettent de distinguer les UEA [unités écologiques aquatiques] sont principalement l'environnement d’écoulement(lentique, humide, lotique, estuarien), le substrat(rocheux, argileux, semi-alluvial, alluvial), les formes alluviales(delta, cône, plaine alluviale) et les différents styles fluviaux(linéaire, rectifié, seuil-mouille, méandres, divagant, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

The term "braided" channel is usually used for straight channels abounding with medial bars, and meandering channels with braid bars are known as "wandering."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Les variables qui permettent de distinguer les UEA [unités écologiques aquatiques] sont principalement l'environnement d’écoulement(lentique, humide, lotique, estuarien), le substrat(rocheux, argileux, semi-alluvial, alluvial), les formes alluviales(delta, cône, plaine alluviale) et les différents styles fluviaux(linéaire, rectifié, seuil-mouille, méandres, divagant, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

rectify: to make straight ...

OBS

straightened river channel pattern: The term "straightened," rather than "straight," contains the semantic feature indicating that the alteration of the river channel pattern has been man-made.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Les variables qui permettent de distinguer les UEA [unités écologiques aquatiques] sont principalement l'environnement d’écoulement(lentique, humide, lotique, estuarien), le substrat(rocheux, argileux, semi-alluvial, alluvial), les formes alluviales(delta, cône, plaine alluviale) et les différents styles fluviaux(linéaire, rectifié, seuil-mouille, méandres, divagant, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

The gently sloping area of a delta beyond the delta front that lies completely underwater.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Partie d’un delta alluvial, constituée de boue fine et de silt, située sous le niveau de la mer, sur le plateau continental.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A sedimentary rock consisting of slightly waterworn, heterogeneous fragments of all sizes, deposited in an alluvial fan and later cemented into a firm rock ...

OBS

Proposed by Lawson for an ancient alluvial fan deposit at Battle Mountain Nevada which has been firmly cemented since deposition.

OBS

When a conglomerate is formed deep within alluvial fans in desert environments, the resulting rock is often called a fanglomerate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Fragments rocheux déposés par l’eau dans un cône alluvial et cimentés ultérieurement.

CONT

Un fanglomérat est composé de matériaux hétérogènes déposés dans un delta alluvial et cimenté en roche solide.

CONT

[...] on [...] a vu [dans le système du Witwatersrand] un vieux placer alluvial fossilisé, ce qui peut expliquer la présence de l’or dans un conglomérat nettement alluvial et la régularité de la stratigraphie [...]

OBS

Le terme «fanglomérat» est considéré par plusieurs comme un calque de l’anglais.

Spanish

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