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VOLCANIC FALLOUT [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2018-02-20
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Vulcanology and Seismology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- volcanic fallout
1, record 1, English, volcanic%20fallout
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- volcanic fallout deposit 2, record 1, English, volcanic%20fallout%20deposit
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
VOLCANIC FALLOUT ... Composite volcanos ... are very explosive and often send huge clouds of ash and other volcanic debris far up into the atmosphere. The ash clouds can cover large areas and can even drop several inches of as thousands of miles from the volcano. 3, record 1, English, - volcanic%20fallout
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The town was buried by volcanic ash and other material. In places the ash, which is called a volcanic fallout deposit, was more than ten feet thick. 2, record 1, English, - volcanic%20fallout
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
The volcanic fallout from explosive eruptions like Pinatubo is preserved in the polar ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland ... and is used to mark reference horizons in the dating of low accumulation ice cores, including those from Vostok, Dome C, and South Pole. 4, record 1, English, - volcanic%20fallout
Record 1, Key term(s)
- volcanic fall-out
- volcanic fall-out deposit
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Volcanologie et sismologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- retombées volcaniques
1, record 1, French, retomb%C3%A9es%20volcaniques
correct, feminine noun, plural
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Si l'on veut mettre en évidence les fluctuations du climat dont les périodes dépassent le siècle, il convient de disposer d'informations débordant largement une telle durée. [...] Aussi les chercheurs ont-ils dû faire appel à des procédés d'investigation indirects qui se sont singulièrement perfectionnés au fil des années, tels que, l'analyse historique des chroniques anciennes, la dendroclimatologie, [...] la méthode du carbone 14 [...], l'analyse isotopique des composants des glaces polaires profondes, l'identification des trajectoires de retombées volcaniques anciennes. 1, record 1, French, - retomb%C3%A9es%20volcaniques
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
L'étendue des zones touchées par les retombées volcaniques : cendres, bombes, lapilli (particules de lave de la taille de graviers) est plus ou moins vaste, selon les quantités des produits émis au cours de l'éruption par le volcan, leur fragmentation et leur dispersion. 2, record 1, French, - retomb%C3%A9es%20volcaniques
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Les volcans n'éjectent pas que des blocs ou des bombes; les retombées volcaniques, que l'on classe d'après leur granulométrie, se répartissent des cendres (diamètre inférieur à 2 mm) aux lapilli (dont la taille varie de celle d'un pois à celle d'un œuf). 3, record 1, French, - retomb%C3%A9es%20volcaniques
Record 1, Key term(s)
- retombée volcanique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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