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PEDIMENT [7 records]

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Record 1 2012-03-15

English

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

A broad, steep-walled, relatively flat-floored valley, usually carved by glacial erosion, whose cross section resembles the letter U.

OBS

U-shaped valley: term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Vallée aux parois presque verticales et au fond relativement plat dont le profil évoque un U, présent dans le paysage de la vallée glaciaire, dans les ravins dus à l'érosion des terrasses épaisses de limon du domaine aride ou semi-aride et dans le relief du pédiment entre deux inselbergs.

OBS

vallée en forme de U; vallée en U; vallée en auge : termes en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Glaciología
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Record 2 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

... the sharp break of slope between an inselberg and its surrounding pediment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

[...] rupture de pente entre un inselberg et un pédiment.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-06-17

English

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

A broad, gently sloping rock surface at the base of a steeper slope, often covered with interlocked, loosely cemented gravel, formed primarily by erosion.

OBS

[This] surface of erosion ... resembles a bajada in surface form.

OBS

pediment; piedmont interstream flat; conoplain; rock pediment; pedimentation surface: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Concealed pediment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Formation rocheuse couverte d’une couche mince d’alluvions.

OBS

Le terme «pédiment» est réservé aux surfaces taillées dans les roches massives et les termes «glacis d’érosion», «glacis d’ablation» et «glacis rocheux», à celles taillées dans les roches tendres(cf. le Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse, 1982, vol. 5, p. 4816, le Dictionnaire de géologie, 1984, p. 145 et le Vocabulaire franco-anglo-allemand de géomorphologie, 1966, p. 52).

OBS

pédiment : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada-Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Pédiment couvert.

Spanish

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

Glacis, de pendiente muy suave, formado sobre una roca dura por una capa de 1 a 2 m de aluviones de la cual emergen relieves residuales.

CONT

Los pedimentos son característicos de climas semiáridos favorables a la disgregación del granito y otras rocas duras en partículas suficientemente finas para que puedan ser transportadas por la arroyada difusa.

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Record 4 2009-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A pediment that is buried by a thin layer of alluvium from an encroaching bajada [alluvial plain] [and that] is generally caused by a local rise of base level.

OBS

pediment: A gently sloping surface, usually covered with gravel, the result of erosion.

OBS

concealed pediment: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Pédiment portant une couverture détritique ne modifiant pas fondamentalement sa forme.

OBS

pédiment couvert : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada-Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-12-17

English

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

The process of erosion under arid conditions that causes the creation of a gently sloping surface called a pediment.

OBS

pedimentation: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

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

Évolution du relief par formation de pédiments.

OBS

pédiment : Glacis d’érosion, au pied d’un relief de région aride, formé sur un substratum dur.

OBS

pédimentation : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-02-27

English

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

A term used in SW U.S. for a dry, vegetation-free, flat area at the lowest part of an undrained desert basin underlain by stratified clay, silt, or sand, and commonly by soluble salts.

CONT

In the monmarine setting, large desert salt lakes and inland sabkhas or playas are important in desert and semiarid areas.

OBS

The name [playa] was first applied to the arid basin-and-range province of the western USA, but is now used to describe such areas throughout the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Biogéographie
DEF

Zone d’épandage alluvial située à l'aval d’un glacis ou d’un pédiment auquel elle se raccorde insensiblement.

OBS

Le centre d’une telle cuvette d’accumulation terminale est fréquemment occupé par une sebkha.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Biogeografía
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Record 7 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales

Spanish

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