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FRAGMENT NUAGE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-12-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- fallback breccia
1, record 1, English, fallback%20breccia
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- fall-back breccia 2, record 1, English, fall%2Dback%20breccia%20
correct
- fall back breccia 3, record 1, English, fall%20back%20breccia
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A brecciated rock made up from material thrown up into the air by a large meteorite impact that falls back into and around the crater that was created from the impact. 1, record 1, English, - fallback%20breccia
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Onaping fall back breccia, part of the Sudbury impact site, is overlain by deep marine sediment … 3, record 1, English, - fallback%20breccia
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- brèche de retombée
1, record 1, French, br%C3%A8che%20de%20retomb%C3%A9e
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Si aucun fragment de la météorite n’ a subsisté, une grande partie du nuage incandescent est retombée au fond du cratère, le recouvrant sur environ 80 m d’épaisseur d’un amas de roches constituant ce que les géologues appellent les brèches de retombée. L'onde de choc a également provoqué dans le fond du cratère des brèches de dislocation. 2, record 1, French, - br%C3%A8che%20de%20retomb%C3%A9e
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Le complexe [de Sudbury] est composé d’une séquence différenciée de norite quartzifère à la base, puis de gabbros quartzeux et granophyres. La formation sus-jacente riche en clastes a été interprétée comme une brèche de retombée suite à l’impact. 3, record 1, French, - br%C3%A8che%20de%20retomb%C3%A9e
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1999-04-06
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
- Climatology
- Hydrology and Hydrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- cloud fragment
1, record 2, English, cloud%20fragment
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The planets of our Solar System formed due to two properties of interstellar clouds: rotation and turbulence. When clouds fragment during contraction, individual fragments turn this way and that, each having inherited the angular momentum (spin) of one or a few discrete whorls or eddies in the original clouds. Each cloud fragment (a potential star) would have rotated faster and faster as it contracted, owing to the physical necessity of conserving its angular momentum - much as a skater spins up when he/she folds in her/his arms. Fragments with low angular momentum form the core and fragments with high angular momentum populate a flattened disk orbiting the core, with a shape similar to many galaxies. Often the core itself is fragmented, leading to binary and multiple star systems. 1, record 2, English, - cloud%20fragment
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
- Climatologie
- Hydrologie et hydrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- fragment de nuage
1, record 2, French, fragment%20de%20nuage
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Lambeaux de nuage, généralement petits et irréguliers. 2, record 2, French, - fragment%20de%20nuage
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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