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ARGILE SILTEUSE GRIS BLEU [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

As the visual description of the sample indicates, a 45-cm layer of sandy material underlies the grey-blue silty clay; that is, the sandy subbottom layer is 10 to 15 cm thicker than in the dumping zone.

Key term(s)
  • grey blue silty clay

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Dans la description visuelle de l'échantillon, on note une couche de 45 cm de matériaux sablonneux sus-jacent à l'argile silteuse gris bleu, ce qui représente 10 à 15 cm de plus que ceux récupérés dans les zones de rejet.

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