bedrock in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bedrock in the English»French Dictionary

bedrock [Brit ˈbɛdrɒk, Am ˈbɛdˌrɑk] N

1. bedrock GEOL:

bedrock

substrat m rocheux

2. bedrock (basis):

bedrock fig

fondement m

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soubassement

bedrock

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bedrock

bedrock in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bedrock in the English»French Dictionary

bedrock [ˈbedrɒk, Am -rɑ:k] N no pl

1. bedrock (rock):

bedrock

soubassement m

2. bedrock (basis):

bedrock

base f

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soubassement GEO

bedrock

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Most chemicals within it are within normal limits, with slightly higher levels of sulfates due to the gypsum and dolomite present in the bedrock.

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Joints have a profound control on weathering and erosion of bedrock.

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As the weathered bedrock turns to soil, there is a greater elevation difference between the soil level and the hard bedrock.

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In the 1960s the site was excavated in some areas to bedrock.

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Present fields of study include: geological hazards and environmental geoscience, marine geoscience, minerals, hydrocarbons and bedrock and surficial geoscience.

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Large eddy bars formed downstream from bedrock obstructions, thereby damming tributary valleys and creating lakes.

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Such valleys do not hold surface water because it sinks into the permeable bedrock.

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This relationship formed the bedrock of his success and meant that there were few doubts about his status as the team's sole wicket-taker.

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The widespread occurrence of gold in saprolite is viewed as a positive indication of the potential for underlying bedrock-hosted gold mineralization.

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It occurs in an oxidized vein in limestone bedrock with galena, ashoverite, wlfingite, anglesite, cerussite, hydrocerussite, litharge, fluorite, palygorskite and calcite.

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