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Record 1 2011-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Said of deposits and coal seams with a dip of from 5° to 25°.

CONT

Kimberlite-filled craters have shallowly dipping (0°-75°) contacts and may resemble vents formed by hydrovolcanic processes ...

OBS

As opposed to "steeply dipping".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Les cratères comblés de matériaux kimberlitiques sont caractérisés par des contacts à faible pendage (0°-75°). Leur forme rappelle celle des cratères d'origine hydrovolcanique [...]

CONT

Stockwerk [...] composé de filons sigmoïdes peu inclinés et de filons subverticaux.

Spanish

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