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ASEISMIC RIDGE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

A submarine ridge that is a fragment of continental crust; it is so named to distinguish it from the seismically active mid-oceanic ridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
DEF

Relief anormalement élevé par rapport aux aires océaniques environnantes et ne présentant aucune trace d'activité sismique.

CONT

Les fonds océaniques montrent également tout un ensemble disparate de reliefs plus ou moins importants : monts sous-marins [...]; dorsales asismiques (c'est-à-dire élévations de grande longueur sans activité sismique); [...]

Key term(s)
  • chaîne asismique

Spanish

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