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LAMINATION ONDULEE [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

The most common type of stratification is ripple lamination. Some silt and very fine sand beds are strongly contorted on a small scale. The mode of formation of these contortions is not known but such contortions, as well as the ripple laminations, are common features of deltaic and floodplain deposits ...

CONT

The primary sedimentary structures are symmetrical ripple lamination ... and wavy/lenticular lamination.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

[...] des alternances de grauwackes quartzitiques et d'argilites silteuses [...] sont grises et montrent des laminations ondulées, rarement entrecroisées ou en mamelon; [...]

OBS

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

Spanish

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