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STRUCTURAL SURFACE [2 records]

Record 1 2017-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
OBS

structural system: Assemblage of load-carrying components that are joined together to provide regular interaction or interdependence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

constitution [...] d'une toiture-terrasse. Elle comporte deux ouvrages [...] : le support et le revêtement étanche. Le support peut être [...] un plancher [...] une terrasse en béton [...] un platelage en bois.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

An erosion surface developed ... in an area underlain by horizontal or gently inclined strata of unequal resistance, the overlying softer beds having been removed by erosion so as to expose. The more or less smooth surface of a resistant stratum that has served as a local base level ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Parfois, sur une certaine étendue, un niveau dur peut avoir été dégagé par l'érosion des terrains meubles qui le surmontaient : la surface topographique coïncide alors avec la surface du banc, et constitue ce qu'on appelle une «surface structurale».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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