Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

AA (ans avant)

English translation:

BP (years before present)

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Mar 24, 2005 17:22
19 yrs ago
French term

AA

French to English Art/Literary Geology Quebec French
Il y a environ 18 000 ans, la calotte glaciaire dépassait ici les 3 kilomètres d’épaisseur. La plaine du Saint Laurent ne fut libérée de ses glaces que vers 12 000 AA quand le glacier commença alors progressivement à retraiter vers le nord.
Proposed translations (English)
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[PDF] Cinq arrêts pour comprendre ROCHES ET PAYSAGES Cinq arrêts pour ...
... grand glacier continental (entre 35000 et. 12000 ans avant aujourd’hui) et la mer de. Champlain (de 12000 à 9500 ans); ...
www.sciences.uqam.ca/pdf/roches.pdf

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-03-24 17:27:18 GMT)
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Confirmed, see below:

[PDF] 2.8. Les mouvements de masse: glissements de terrain et éboulements ... furent nombreuses de ***7000 à 5000 ans avant aujourd’hui (AA)*** – une ...
Kääb A., JM Reynolds and W. Haeberli, Glacier and permafrost ...
www.occc.ch/reports/Extremereignisse03/ PDF_F/2-08-Glissements.pdf

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Note added at 11 mins (2005-03-24 17:34:24 GMT)
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Ans avant aujourd´hui
Association des Archéologues du Québec
... certains indices laissent croire à leur présence bien avant cette période, soit durant l\'Archaïque, de 7000 à 3000 *** ans avant aujourd\'hui (AA)***. ...
www.archeologie.qc.ca/contact/laprairie/laprairie.html
Peer comment(s):

agree cchat : It's Avant Aujourd'hui or Before Present, but the present is 1950 (carbon dating) http://www.rlaha.ox.ac.uk/orau/calibration.html
19 hrs
Yes, Avant Aujourd´hui. Thanks for your explanation and agree, cchat.
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