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EAU SOUTERRAINE MOUVEMENT [3 records]

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Record 1 2018-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

... all associations were arranged along some natural gradient: soil moisture, soil fertility, salinity, aeolian activity, movement of groundwater, portion of atmosphere precipitation versus groundwater in the hydrologic and nutrient budget, etc. Ordinated associations were called "ecological series" ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

[...] ordonner toutes les associations en fonction d’un gradient naturel : humidité du sol, fertilité du sol, salinité, activité éolienne, mouvement de l'eau souterraine, importance des précipitations atmosphériques par rapport aux eaux souterraines dans le bilan hydrologique et le bilan des éléments nutritifs, etc. Les arrangements d’associations ainsi obtenus étaient appelés «séries écologiques» […]

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Any mound-shaped landform produced by ground freezing combined with groundwater movement or the migration of soil moisture.

CONT

On the basis of genetic processes, frost mounds can be subdivided into two general categories: (1) seasonal frost mounds, which develop during a single winter season, and (2) perennial frost mounds, which include mounds formed by growth processes acting over periods of several decades or centuries ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Tout monticule produit par l'effet combiné de l'engel du sol et du mouvement de l'eau souterraine ou de la migration de l'eau dans le sol.

OBS

Les divers types de buttes (p. ex. buttes saisonnières à noyau de glace, dômes de glaçage, palses et pingos) se distinguent par leur structure, par la durée et par la nature de la glace qu’elles contiennent.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Water flowing in an open or closed conduit, a jet of water issuing from an orifice, or a body of flowing groundwater.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Masse d’eau coulant dans un canal ou une conduite ou jet d’eau sortant d’un orifice, ou encore masse d’eau souterraine en mouvement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Agua que fluye por un conducto abierto o cerrado, un chorro de agua que mana de un orificio o una masa de agua subterránea en movimiento.

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