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POSTRIFT UNCONFORMITY [1 record]

Record 1 2011-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Chronology
DEF

[An] erosional surface that marks the base of strata deposited during thermal or post-rift subsidence phase of a basin ...

CONT

The topography, defined by the post-rift unconformity, is a composite surface which formed in response to subsidence processes ...

OBS

post-rift unconformity: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Chronologie
OBS

discordance postérieure au rifting : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Key term(s)
  • discordance postrift

Spanish

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