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INTERCUTANEOUS FOLD-OVERTHRUST [1 record]

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Record 1 1978-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geology
OBS

Small fold overthrusts formed within the basal part of a sedimentary mantle by the downsliding movement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géologie
OBS

Il s'agit d'un mode particulier de charriage partant d'un "petit pli déversé ou couché, né à la partie inférieure d'une série de couverture et n'en affectant que les assises les plus basses, alors que, dans les plus élevées, pour peu qu'elles offrent les propriétés mécaniques voulues, la déformation s'atténue graduellement jusqu'à disparaître".

Spanish

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