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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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A clay found in the place where it was formed; a residual clay.  1, record 1, English, - primary%20clay

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The zone of weathering and of soils is one of the birthplaces of clays: -Birth by fragmentation where weathering, even intense, has primarily a mechanical or physical character. This is the direct weathering of the rocks that form the continents, giving rise to "inherited clays."  2, record 1, English, - primary%20clay

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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La zone des altérations et des sols est un des lieux de naissance des argiles: -Naissance par fragmentation, là où les altérations, même intenses, ont un caractère surtout mécanique ou physique. C'est l'altération directe des roches constitutives des continents; elle engendre des «argiles héritées» [...]  2, record 1, French, - argile%20h%C3%A9rit%C3%A9e

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