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coulee

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coulee [kü′lā]
(geology)
A thick, solidified sheet or stream of lava.
A steep-sided valley or ravine, sometimes with a stream at the bottom.


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Les resultats d'etudes sur la formation en couche de coulees de laves indiquent que l'ascension gravitationnelle des volatils pourrait avoir un effet sur le transfert de masse d'ions complexes durant la differenciation dans les chambres magmatiques.
Kaiser was intrigued by Garfield's development and he commissioned Garfield to provide similar service, first for his workers who were constructing Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State starting in 1938 and then for Kaiser's nearly 90,000 employees in his Richmond, Calif.
All of the footmen at Lord Merryvane's countryseat had been chosen for their broad shoulders and glorious blond forelocks, which, of coulee, Lord Merryvane never had seen in the light of day, rising as he did from his secret vault as the sun's last cursed rays faded from the sky.
 
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