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GALET MOU [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Petrography
DEF

A large subspherical mass of silt or clay, which became coated or studded with coarse sand and fine gravel as it rolled along downstream; it is generally 5-10 cm in diameter, although the size may vary between 1 cm and 50 cm in diameter.

DEF

Subspherical balls of mud, 5 to 30 centimeters in diameter, coated with coarse sand and fine gravel.

Key term(s)
  • armoured mud ball

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Boule de boue subsphérique enrobée de sable grossier ou de gravier fin.

OBS

[...] pelote de vase : reconnaissable seulement grâce à la disposition concentrique d'éléments détritiques piégés et enrobés dans la vase.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

A markedly flattened and somewhat rounded pellet or curled fragment, chip, or flake of clay, generally embedded in a sandy matrix and esp. abundant at the base of sandy beds. It may arise from the drying and cracking of a thin layer of coherent mud, the fragment commonly being rolled or blown into sand and buried, and forming a lenticular bleb upon wetting.

CONT

When a patch of clay or mud dries out, that upper surface cracks and peels away from the under-layers. These thin "leaves" of hardened clay may occasionally be transported a short distance and deposited in a sand or similar sediment in the form of flat or lens-shaped clay galls, generally oriented parallel to the bedding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

Les galets formés de lamelles argileuses sont isolés, se déplacent puis sont ensablés plus loin suivant un plan à peu près horizontal. Ainsi se forment les galets mous [...]

Spanish

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