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EPANDAGE FLUVIO-GLACIAIRE [7 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2018-02-20
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
- Hydrology and Hydrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- riparian meltwater channel marsh
1, record 1, English, riparian%20meltwater%20channel%20marsh
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Riparian meltwater channel marsh: These marshes develop in abandoned channels or in underfit stream channels situated in broad spillway valleys and postglacial alluvial and outwash plains where water flow is ephemeral or discontinuous. The primary water source in the marsh is from surface flow and groundwater inflow. 1, record 1, English, - riparian%20meltwater%20channel%20marsh
Record 1, Key term(s)
- riparian melt water channel marsh
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
- Hydrologie et hydrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- marais riparien de chenal de fonte
1, record 1, French, marais%20riparien%20de%20chenal%20de%20fonte
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Marais riparien de chenal de fonte : Ces marais se forment dans les chenaux abandonnés ou dans les chenaux de cours d’eau sous-adapté de vastes vallées déversoirs et les plaines alluviales et d’épandage fluvio-glaciaire post-glaciaires où l'écoulement de l'eau est spasmodique ou discontinu. La principale source d’eau du marais provient de la circulation de surface et du déversement de l'eau souterraine. 1, record 1, French, - marais%20riparien%20de%20chenal%20de%20fonte
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2018-02-16
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
- Hydrology and Hydrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- slope swamp
1, record 2, English, slope%20swamp
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Slope swamps have surfaces that slope downward with the lowest end positioned lower than the upslope side. They occupy glacial lakebeds and outwash areas, or can be associated with other kinds of wetland. They may occur in sloping drainageways, on mineral or peaty soils. Channels may be absent, but small channels with intermittent flow or small, partially buried channels may be present. 1, record 2, English, - slope%20swamp
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
- Hydrologie et hydrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- marécage incliné
1, record 2, French, mar%C3%A9cage%20inclin%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les marécages inclinés ont des surfaces à pente descendante dont la partie la plus basse se situe plus bas que le côté de la pente ascendante. Ils occupent le lit des lacs glaciaires et des zones d’épandage fluvio-glaciaire, ou sont associés à d’autres genres de terres humides. Ils se trouvent aussi sur les pentes canalisées, sur les sols minéraux ou tourbeux. Même s’il peut y avoir absence de chenaux, il peut toutefois y avoir de petits chenaux à écoulement intermittent ou partiellement cachés. 1, record 2, French, - mar%C3%A9cage%20inclin%C3%A9
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2018-02-16
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
- Hydrology and Hydrography
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- unconfined flat swamp
1, record 3, English, unconfined%20flat%20swamp
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Unconfined flat swamp: These swamps are not topographically defined, often in glacial lakebeds or areas of glacial outwash. These swamps lack obvious edges and well-defined banks. They commonly occur as a broad swamp in other kinds of wetlands. 1, record 3, English, - unconfined%20flat%20swamp
Record 3, Key term(s)
- un-confined flat swamp
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
- Hydrologie et hydrographie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- marécage plat sans marges
1, record 3, French, mar%C3%A9cage%20plat%20sans%20marges
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Marécage plat sans marges : Ces marécages ont un relief mal défini, et sont souvent formés dans le lit des lacs glaciaires ou les régions d’épandage fluvio-glaciaire. Ils n’ ont pas de bords précis, ni de berges bien délimitées, et ont l'apparence de vastes marécages dans d’autres genres de terres humides. 1, record 3, French, - mar%C3%A9cage%20plat%20sans%20marges
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2018-02-16
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
- Hydrology and Hydrography
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- unconfined slope swamp
1, record 4, English, unconfined%20slope%20swamp
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Unconfined slope swamp: These swamps occur as a broad expanse of sloping wetland on glacial lakebeds and outwash areas in peatland terrain. They may also occur at the margins of extensive flat swamps. 1, record 4, English, - unconfined%20slope%20swamp
Record 4, Key term(s)
- un-confined slope swamp
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
- Hydrologie et hydrographie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- marécage incliné sans marges
1, record 4, French, mar%C3%A9cage%20inclin%C3%A9%20sans%20marges
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Marécage incliné sans marges : Ces marécages sont semblables à une grande étendue de terres humides en pente dans le lit de lacs glaciaires ou des zones d’épandage fluvio-glaciaire, dans une tourbière. Ils se trouvent aussi parfois dans les marges de vastes marécages plats. 1, record 4, French, - mar%C3%A9cage%20inclin%C3%A9%20sans%20marges
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2011-08-19
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Glaciology
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- proglacial outwash plain
1, record 5, English, proglacial%20outwash%20plain
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- outwash plain 2, record 5, English, outwash%20plain
correct
- wash plain 3, record 5, English, wash%20plain
correct
- glacial outwash plain 4, record 5, English, glacial%20outwash%20plain
correct
- glacial outwash apron 5, record 5, English, glacial%20outwash%20apron
correct
- outwash apron 3, record 5, English, outwash%20apron
correct
- apron 6, record 5, English, apron
correct
- frontal plain 3, record 5, English, frontal%20plain
correct
- frontal apron 3, record 5, English, frontal%20apron
correct
- morainal plain 3, record 5, English, morainal%20plain
correct
- morainal apron 3, record 5, English, morainal%20apron
correct
- overwash plain 3, record 5, English, overwash%20plain
correct
- marginal plain 3, record 5, English, marginal%20plain
correct
- sandur 7, record 5, English, sandur
correct, see observation
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A broad, outspread flat or gently sloping alluvial deposit of outwash in front of or beyond the terminal moraine of a glacier. 3, record 5, English, - proglacial%20outwash%20plain
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
When glaciers melt, they release a great amount of water that often spreads out in a great sheet, beyond the terminal moraine, and carrying with it large volumes of rock and dirt debris. The area where this debris is deposited is known as the outwash plain. 8, record 5, English, - proglacial%20outwash%20plain
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
sandur: An Icelandic term generally used for outwash plain. An alternate spelling is sandr. The plural form of sandur is sandar. 9, record 5, English, - proglacial%20outwash%20plain
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
apron; sandur: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 9, record 5, English, - proglacial%20outwash%20plain
Record 5, Key term(s)
- sandar
- sandr
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Glaciologie
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- plaine d’épandage fluvioglaciaire
1, record 5, French, plaine%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage%20fluvioglaciaire
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- plaine d’épandage fluvio-glaciaire 2, record 5, French, plaine%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage%20fluvio%2Dglaciaire
correct, feminine noun
- plaine d’épandage proglaciaire 2, record 5, French, plaine%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage%20proglaciaire
correct, feminine noun
- plaine alluviale proglaciaire 3, record 5, French, plaine%20alluviale%20proglaciaire
correct, feminine noun
- plaine alluviale pro-glaciaire 4, record 5, French, plaine%20alluviale%20pro%2Dglaciaire
correct, feminine noun
- plaine d’épandage 5, record 5, French, plaine%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage
correct, feminine noun
- sandre 6, record 5, French, sandre
correct, masculine noun
- sandr 7, record 5, French, sandr
correct, see observation, masculine noun, regional
- plaine de lavage 8, record 5, French, plaine%20de%20lavage
feminine noun
- glacis d’accumulation proglaciaire 9, record 5, French, glacis%20d%26rsquo%3Baccumulation%20proglaciaire
masculine noun
- plaine d’accumulation 10, record 5, French, plaine%20d%26rsquo%3Baccumulation
feminine noun
- sandur 11, record 5, French, sandur
see observation, masculine noun, regional
- sander 12, record 5, French, sander
see observation, masculine noun, regional
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[Dépôt] proglaciaire construit par les matériaux sableux prélevés aux moraines et déposés en cônes aplatis par les écoulements diffus en avant du front glaciaire. 7, record 5, French, - plaine%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage%20fluvioglaciaire
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Plaine d’épandage.- Les dépôts proglaciaires prennent la forme de deltas, de cônes d’alluvions, de terrasses et de plaines alluviales. On appelle les plaines alluviales proglaciaires plaines d’épandage ou sandur (le terme islandais). 13, record 5, French, - plaine%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage%20fluvioglaciaire
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
sandr (n.m. inv.) (islandais sandur, sable, terme introduit dans le vocabulaire géomorphologique sous la forme plurielle suédoise [sandar]. 7, record 5, French, - plaine%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage%20fluvioglaciaire
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
fluvioglaciaire : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l’orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004). 14, record 5, French, - plaine%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage%20fluvioglaciaire
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 3 OBS
plaine alluviale proglaciaire; plaine d’épandage; sandre : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 15, record 5, French, - plaine%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage%20fluvioglaciaire
Record 5, Key term(s)
- glacis d’accumulation
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Glaciología
- Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- sandre
1, record 5, Spanish, sandre
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Acumulación de la arena y los guijarros arrastrados por las aguas superficiales de fusión de un glaciar; forma delante de éste un cono de deyección de poca altura y base muy amplia. 1, record 5, Spanish, - sandre
Record 6 - internal organization data 2006-11-15
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- multiple till sequence
1, record 6, English, multiple%20till%20sequence
correct, see observation
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Three of the sections (Katherine Creek, Little Bear River, and Inlin Brook) expose bedrock and Tertiary gravel overlain by colluvium and a multiple till sequence of montane origin, separated by paleosols and capped by a till of Laurentide origin. 2, record 6, English, - multiple%20till%20sequence
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
multiple till sequence: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 3, record 6, English, - multiple%20till%20sequence
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- séquence formée de plusieurs tills
1, record 6, French, s%C3%A9quence%20form%C3%A9e%20de%20plusieurs%20tills
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- séquence de tills multiples 2, record 6, French, s%C3%A9quence%20de%20tills%20multiples
correct, feminine noun
- séquence à tills multiples 3, record 6, French, s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20tills%20multiples
correct, see observation, feminine noun
- séquence d’un till multiple 4, record 6, French, s%C3%A9quence%20d%26rsquo%3Bun%20till%20multiple
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dans trois des coupes (Katherine Creek, Little Bear River et Inlin Brook), on observe le socle rocheux et les graviers tertiaires recouverts par des colluvions, ensuite d’une séquence formée de plusieurs tills d’origine montanienne séparés par des paléosols, et finalement le tout est chapeauté par un till laurentidien. 1, record 6, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20form%C3%A9e%20de%20plusieurs%20tills
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT
À proximité de Woodbridge, au nord-ouest de Toronto, Ontario, une tranchée de chemin de fer de 15 mètres de haut et un banc d’emprunt dans le même dépôt, exploité pour la première fois en 1962, montre une séquence de tills multiples intercalée de sédiments fossilifères. 2, record 6, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20form%C3%A9e%20de%20plusieurs%20tills
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 3 CONT
L'examen de ce site révèle une avancée et une régression glaciaires accompagnées d’un épandage fluvio-glaciaire [...] et d’une séquence d’un till multiple incluant probablement les tills de Catfish Creek et de Port Stanley du Wisconsinien supérieur(âge entre 25 000 et 14 000 ans). 4, record 6, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20form%C3%A9e%20de%20plusieurs%20tills
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
séquence à tills multiples : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 5, record 6, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20form%C3%A9e%20de%20plusieurs%20tills
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2005-11-02
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Glaciology
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- outwash
1, record 7, English, outwash
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
- outwash drift 1, record 7, English, outwash%20drift
correct
- glacial outwash 1, record 7, English, glacial%20outwash
correct
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Stratified detritus (chiefly sand and gravel) removed or "washed out" from a glacier by meltwater streams and deposited in front of or beyond the end moraine or the margin of an active glacier. 2, record 7, English, - outwash
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The coarser material is deposited nearer to the ice. 2, record 7, English, - outwash
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Glaciologie
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- dépôt d’épandage fluvioglaciaire
1, record 7, French, d%C3%A9p%C3%B4t%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage%20fluvioglaciaire
correct, masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
- épandage fluvio-glaciaire 2, record 7, French, %C3%A9pandage%20fluvio%2Dglaciaire
correct, masculine noun
- épandage fluvioglaciaire 3, record 7, French, %C3%A9pandage%20fluvioglaciaire
masculine noun
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Étalement de sédiments triés, transportés et accumulés à l’avant du front glaciaire par les eaux de fonte; il est généralement constitué de sable et de gravier déposés en couches bien distinctes. 1, record 7, French, - d%C3%A9p%C3%B4t%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage%20fluvioglaciaire
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
fluvioglaciaire : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l’orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004). 3, record 7, French, - d%C3%A9p%C3%B4t%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9pandage%20fluvioglaciaire
Record 7, Key term(s)
- dépôt d’épandage fluvio-glaciaire
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
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