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SLATY CLAY [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A clay more or less transformed into slate; ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Sédiment argileux dur, à texture feuilletée.

CONT

Les argiles schisteuses [...] n'ont pas grande cohésion et se distinguent des argiles ordinaires simplement par un début de consolidation, un feuilletage assez net et l'absence de plasticité : elles ne font pas pâte avec l'eau.

Spanish

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