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PAVES DESERT [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

A natural residual concentration of wind-polished, closely packed pebbles, boulders, gravel, and other rock fragments, mantling a desert surface (such as an area of reg) where wind action and sheetwash have removed all smaller particles, and usually protecting the underlying finer-grained material from further deflation. The fragments commonly are cemented by mineral matter.

OBS

The term "desert crust" is also synonymous of desert varnish, therefore should be used cautiously.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

La formation de «regs», c'est-à-dire de vastes plaines sur lesquelles, le sable étant enlevé, il ne reste que des «cailloux» trop gros pour être emportés. Si ces cailloux sont très rapprochés et pas trop saillants, on a un pavage de déflation.

Key term(s)
  • pavé du désert

Spanish

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