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SUPERSTRATUM [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Metals Mining
DEF

The bed situated above a deposit.

OBS

"stratum" is often written in the plural.

PHR

Pressure of the overlying strata.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Transformations physiques lors de l'enfouissement.- [...] les lits encore plastiques, interposés, peuvent être [...] soustraits à la pression des couches sus-jacentes, et soumis au contraire à une traction [...]

CONT

Ce sont des gîtes d'éluvion [...] où le lessivage des couches supérieures provoque la formation d'incrustations, de concrétions ou de cimentation dans les couches sous-jacentes [...]

Spanish

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