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Record 1 2006-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A scale whose origin lies in the substratum of an overthrust and which was torn loose by it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Écaille provenant du substratum d'un chevauchement, et arrachée par celui-ci.

CONT

Un lambeau de poussée est une portion de terrain arraché au substratum par une unité chevauchante et entraîné sous elle.

Spanish

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