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CUPULE GOUTTES PLUIE [1 record]

Record 1 1977-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Geology
OBS

A small, shallow, circular to elliptical, and vertical or slanting depression or crater-like pit surrounded by a slightly raised rim, formed in soft sediment (fine sand, silt, clay) or in the mud of a tidal flat by the impact of a falling rain drop, (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Géologie
OBS

Les manuels font état de formes exceptionnelles mais très spectaculaires de la surface de couches. Ce sont les "cupules de gouttes de pluie", (...)

Spanish

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