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COUP CUILLERE [2 records]

Record 1 2001-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Hockey

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur gazon

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hockey sobre hierba
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Record 2 1999-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
OBS

slump: The downward slipping of a mass of rock or unconsolidated debris, moving as a unit or several subsidiary units, characteristically with backward rotation on a horizontal axis parallel to the slope ... The major slip surface is typically spoon-shaped and concave toward the slip block in both vertical and horizontal section.

Key term(s)
  • scoop shaped slump

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Mouvement de masse rapide, peu profond, de matériel riche en fines, suffisamment gorgé d'eau pour être peu visqueux. La partie supérieure forme une petite niche de foirage, ressemblant à un coup de cuillère dans une crème épaisse. En dessous, il n'y a pas de langue, seulement un chenal légèrement en creux, puis, à l'extrémité, un étalement des matériaux.

OBS

Dans de nombreux cas de glissements rotationnels, la forme de la cicatrice et celle de la surface de glissement sont en coups de cuillère [...]

Spanish

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