Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Graves à matrice argileuse

English translation:

gravels in a clay matrix / gravels in an argillaceous matrix

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Jun 16, 2019 22:47
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French term

Graves à matrice argileuse

French to English Tech/Engineering Mining & Minerals / Gems Geological and hydrogeological survey of a region of investigation
The phrase occurs in a chart list:
Argile brunâtre,
Graves à matrice argileuse,
Pélite altérée à traces de kaolin
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gravels in a clay matrix / gravels in an argillaceous matrix

gravels in a clay matrix / gravels in an argillaceous matrix

sources:

Olmec to Aztec: Settlement Patterns in the Ancient Gulf Lowlands
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0816516898 -
Barbara L. Stark, ‎Philip J. Arnold - 1997 - ‎Social Science
Settlement in the Lower Cotaxtla Basin / 207
Those to the west consist of sedimentary gravels in a clay matrix, while those to the south of the Cotaxtla are of chalky tepetate (bedrock).

Contributions to Mineral Resources Research, 1984
https://books.google.com/books?id=10dSAQAAMAAJ -
Alfred Lerner Bush - 1987 - ‎Geology
Section 2: Upper Permian - Continued
Conglomerate Mesa Formation - Continued
Member C - Continued
1. Conglomerate, composed of 50 percent gravel in a poorly sorted, fine- to coarse-grained calcareous and argillaceous matrix; massive; gravel generally oriented parallel to bedding.
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