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LAPIES [6 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

An area of limestone dominated by karren.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

[...] champ de lapiés.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Lapiés fossiles.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

Geologists call karst areas like this bare karst because of the lack of vegetation. ... The bare karst has no rivers and no trees, but the flora is often very interesting. In most cases the bare karst is an artificial landscape, created by men. When the area gets riverless because of the low ground water table, a natural vegetation of forest is able to keep the former state. But as soon as this difficile situation is disturbed by men, an irreversible process starts which leads to the bare karst situation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Karst dépourvu de sol, mais où la dissolution continue à jouer dans les lapiés où s’accumule un peu d’argile favorisant la corrosion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
CONT

[…] la variedad de lapiaces presentes es muy amplia y, desde un punto de vista genético, engloba tanto a los creados bajo una escorrentía libre (karst desnudo o libre) como los desarrollados en áreas recubiertas por suelos o por un tapiz vegetal herbáceo de cierta continuidad (karst cubierto).

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Record 4 2011-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Karst [se développant] en bordure des mers, dans la zone battue par les vagues et les embruns, et [comprenant] des grottes, des encorbellements ou visors, des trottoirs, des vasques, des lapiés, etc.

OBS

Aux actions de dissolution physico-chimiques de l’eau s’ajoutent les actions biologiques des algues [...], des gastéropodes et des mollusques en général lithophages [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
CONT

[...] el litoral de la región ofrece, en algunos de sus segmentos, interesantes ejemplos de karst litoral desarrollado a expensas de calizas, dolomías, conglomerados y calcarenita [...]

CONT

En las costas calcáreas existe una forma de carso litoral, caracterizada por la formación de oquedades en la parte descubierta por la bajamar.

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Record 5 1997-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Mare à fond plat creusée dans un estran rocheux et qui résulte de l'action d’organismes lithophages, ou de l'élargissement de lapiés par dissolution chimique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Erosión y corrosión (Geología)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 6 1977-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
OBS

(...) "irregular limestone surfaces are termed lapiés, while the weathering process is described as lapiésation".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
OBS

Action des processus d’érosion et de corrosion modelant en lapiés la surface d’un banc calcaire.

Spanish

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