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INTRAMOUNTAIN BASIN [1 record]

Record 1 2010-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A wide structural depression between mountain ranges that is partly filled with alluvium.

CONT

The late-tectonic and post-tectonic sediments ... include polymict conglomerates, breccias, arkosic sandstones and shales, often brownish or red in colour, formed in intermontane basins in the environments of piedmont, flood-plain, lakes and deltas.

OBS

intermontane basin: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Les bassins nucléaires isochrones sont déposés en concordance dans une dépression structurale appartenant à un seul système de plis alors qu'un bassin intramontagneux se rattache à un type voisin du précédent, mais dans le cadre d'une topographie moins mûre.

OBS

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

Spanish

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