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INTRA-PLATE CONTRACTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
CONT

Like many of the other basins around the British isles, it records the effects of Cenozoic intraplate contraction and structural inversion.

OBS

intraplate contraction: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • intra-plate contraction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
CONT

La contraction intraplaque s'est produite en Ibérie cratonique à la suite de la collision pyrénéenne et des premières phases de l'orogenèse Bétique.

OBS

contraction intraplaque : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

OBS

intraplaque : Relatif à l'intérieur d'une plaque lithosphérique.

Spanish

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