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Record 1 1997-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Metals Mining
DEF

Not quite horizontal in position or orientation.

CONT

At these mines, individual subhorizontal extensional veins cover areas as great as 10,000 [square] m ....

CONT

The Tanco pegmatite ... is a subhorizontal body 1440 m long, up to 820 m wide and slightly more than 100 m thick.

Key term(s)
  • nearly horizontal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

[...] des buttes témoins formées de couches subhorizontales, dans des bassins sédimentaires [...]

CONT

Les lentilles [...] peuvent être circulaires avec des lits subhorizontaux quand la coupe est perpendiculaire au courant.

CONT

[Le delta] se comporte [...] comme un talus de débris [...] avec ses couches de base inclinées à 15-35° [...] et ses couches supérieures presque horizontales.

Spanish

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