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SYNOROGENIC SEDIMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

Synorogenic sediments need not show contemporaneous deformation, though the sedimentation will be the result of deformation and uplift in the orogenic belt.

OBS

synorogenic: Said of a geologic process or event occurring during a period of orogenic activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

[...] le Carbonifère inférieur est remplacé par 1 000 mètres de sédiments synorogéniques et détritiques du faciès Kulm.

OBS

synorogénique : Concomitant à la formation d'une chaîne de montagne.

Spanish

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