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Record 1 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Chaîne formée en domaine continental et ayant souvent le style d'une chaîne de fond.

CONT

[Les] chaînes [de montagnes] intracontinentales [...] [sont] développées dans les parties consolidées de l'écorce terrestre nommées «aires continentales» ou «cratons» [...] et qui sont caractérisées par des déformations du socle et de la couverture sédimentaire, celle-ci étant souvent peu différente de celle des bassins sédimentaires voisins; [...]

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