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SADDLE SHAPED [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Geology
DEF

Having the form of an anticlinal fold.

Key term(s)
  • saddle shaped

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Géologie
CONT

Les dépôts de quartz aurifère se localisent surtout [...] à divers niveaux dans les charnières anticlinales, et présentent une forme en selles [...]

CONT

[...] filons [...] en selles, ou en gouttières selon qu'il s'agit de corps minéralisés localisés dans une voûte anticlinale ou dans une voûte synclinale.

Spanish

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