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Des cõnes d'éboulis stratifiés cryonivaux évoluent actuellement, sous climat tempéré froid, dans des enclaves de l'étage forestier gaspésien (Québec, Canada). Un suivi des processus a permis d'identifier les étapes de la stratogenèse. Les principaux aspects examinés sont: (a) le rǒle respectif des processus impliqués dans la stratogenèse, en particulier les processus de remaniement syn/épigénétiques; (b) la caractérisation de la signature sédimentaire propre à chacun des processus. Elle permet leur identification en coupe. Seule la partie inférieure des cǒnes d'éboulis est clairement stratifiée. Les coupes alternent quatre types de lits: (1) des couches de fines plaquettes d'argilite (de la taille des grèzes) qui se déplacent par saltation à la surface du manteau nival lors des blizzards; (2) des couches de sables moyens à grossiers dérivant des manteaux nivéo‐éoliens associés aux vents d'intensité modérée; (3) des couches openwork constituées de grosses plaquettes imbriquées résultant de glissements supranivaux; (4) des couches diamictiques qui correspondent à des laves boueuses supranivales. Il n'y a aucune périodicité saisonnière stricte dans la mise en place des lits. Comme la plupart des transferts de débris se font sur la neige, la majorité des caractéristiques de faciès observées dans les coupes sont acquises lors de la fonte des neiges, auxquelles s'ajoutent les effets de la reptation, du splash et des percolations de saison chaude. Que ces éboulis stratifiés évoluent actuellement dans une région tempérée forestière montrent que des conditions périglaciaires rigoureuses ne sont pas nécessaires à leur développement. Stratified talus deposits presently form in the cold temperate climate in pockets of the mixed forest of the Gaspé Peninsula. Repeated visits have allowed identification in detail of the processes responsible for their bedding. The main aspects addressed are: (a) main processes involved in the bedding development, including post‐depositional reworking (splash, percolation, summer talus shift); (b) diagnostic sedimentary properties of the deposits produced which allow recognition of the processes involved. Only the lower part of the talus cones shows stratification. Four type of deposits were found to overlie: (1) layers of fine argilite flakes deposited on snow during strong blizzards: (2) layers of medium to coarse sand derived from niveo‐aeolian mantles accumulated by moderate winds; (3) layers of coarse openwork debris deposited on snow cover after supranival debris sliding; and finally (4) diamictic beds formed by supranival debris flows during spring thaw. There is no strict seasonality in the bedding. Transport of debris occurs principally at the snow surface.
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