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CALCAIRE CRAYEUX [2 records]

Record 1 2013-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A tributary valley that joins a main valley where the latter has been deepened, usually by glacial erosion, resulting in a steep drop from the floor of the tributary valley to the floor of the main valley.

OBS

In the Pays de Caux, Normandy, France a valleuse is a depression in the land surface of the plateau which permits access to the sea. The word is peculiar to the Pays de Caux but the feature is not ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Vallée sèche, creusée en pays crayeux et calcaire par un cours d’eau disparu en profondeur, et tronquée par recul de la falaise, de sorte qu'elle débouche parfois à plusieurs dizaines de mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer [...]

OBS

valleuse : pays de Caux [Normandie].

Spanish

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