sediment sink

French translation: puits de sédiment

14:29 Nov 3, 2010
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geography / coastal erosion
English term or phrase: sediment sink
Based on reviews with local specialists and review of limited aerial photography, no significant sediment sources or sinks occur in the local area
Neydou
France
Local time: 06:25
French translation:puits de sédiment
Explanation:
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Note added at 20 mins (2010-11-03 14:49:57 GMT)
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as in puits de carbone
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Hilary Wilson
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4 +4puits de sédiment
Hilary Wilson
4cône alluvial
FX Fraipont (X)


  

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cône alluvial


Explanation:
"... situated at the apex of alluvial fans, this zone constitutes a sediment sink for boulders, ... zone 3: situated at the entrance of the main alluvial plain, .... La zone 2 à l'apex des cônes alluviaux est la zone de dépôt de blocs, ..."
http://www.persee.fr/web/.../morfo_1266-5304_2002_num_8_1_11...

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 06:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Hilary Wilson: cone alluvial is the alluvial fan, not the sediment sink
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
puits de sédiment


Explanation:
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Note added at 20 mins (2010-11-03 14:49:57 GMT)
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as in puits de carbone


    Reference: http://www.supagro.fr/theses/extranet/09-0034_GUMIERE.pdf
    Reference: http://www.medcities.org/docs/Requalification%20Study%20of%2...
Hilary Wilson
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agree  kashew
2 mins
  -> Thanks.

agree  GILLES MEUNIER
6 mins
  -> Merci!

agree  antoine piazza: ou à sédiment
8 mins
  -> Merci!

agree  Layla de Chabot
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