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TRAINEE TRIAGE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-11-03

English

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

One of the alternating bands of finer and coarser material comprising a form of patterned ground characterized by a striped pattern and a sorted appearance due to parallel lines of stones and intervening strips of dominantly finer material oriented down the steepest available slope ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Traînée périglaciaire plus courte que la traîneé sans triage, de quelques dizaines de mètres à presque 100 m.

CONT

Dans les traînées avec triage, les débris plus gros et plus lourds résistent à l'entraînement vers le bas, tandis que les bandes plus fines se déplacent plus rapidement, soit à la vitesse de quelques centimètres par année.

Spanish

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