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Record 1 2011-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Paleontology
DEF

Water that has remained enclosed in sedimentary rock since deposition without taking part in the circulation of ground-water.

CONT

Fossil water or paleowater is groundwater that has remained in an aquifer for millennia. Water can rest underground in aquifers for thousands or even millions of years.

OBS

fossil water: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • paleo-water
  • palaeo-water

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Eau présente dans un aquifère depuis une très longue durée (de l'ordre de plusieurs siècles au moins, plus généralement plusieurs millénaires ou dizaines de millénaires), entrée souvent sous des conditions climatiques et morphologiques différentes des conditions actuelles, hors du jeu du cycle de l'eau contemporain.

CONT

[...] les eaux du Sahara sont des eaux [...] fossiles, c'est-à-dire ayant été emmagasinées lors de la formation des substrats dans lesquelles elles sont piégées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Paleontología
DEF

Agua infiltrada en un acuífero durante una antigua época geológica bajo condiciones climáticas y morfológicas diferentes de las actuales y almacenada desde entonces.

OBS

El agua fósil puede ser también congénita si quedó atrapada al momento de formarse la roca en una época geológica antigua. Sin embargo, el agua congénita no siempre es fósil ya que puede haberse producido en sedimentos recientes. El agua fósil y el agua congénita pueden calificarse asimismo de intersticiales si quedaron retenidas en los intersticios de una roca.

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