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SEDIMENT WEDGE [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

... major shallow water environments such as on sedimentary prisms of mature rifted continental margins and in epeiric seas ... are directly related to divergent tectonics.

OBS

sedimentary wedge; sediment wedge: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Ensemble des sédiments comblant une ancienne vallée (prisme alluvial ou estuarien) ou s'adossant au fond d'une baie (prisme littoral).

CONT

[...] les principaux milieux peu profonds rencontrés à l'aplomb des prismes sédimentaires de marge continentale de divergence mature et dans les mers épicontinentales [...] sont directement associés à une tectonique de divergence.

OBS

prisme sédimentaire; coin sédimentaire : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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