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UNCONFORMITY [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2010-12-07
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- unconformability
1, record 1, English, unconformability
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- unconformity 2, record 1, English, unconformity
correct, see observation
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[The] want of parallelism between strata in contact. 1, record 1, English, - unconformability
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
With some authors unconformity is equivalent to unconformability; but it is often used more broadly, for example, to include the case when the parallelism of strata once conformable has been disturbed by faulting and the like. 1, record 1, English, - unconformability
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
unconformity: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 3, record 1, English, - unconformability
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- discordance
1, record 1, French, discordance
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Une discordance sépare deux strates qui n'ont pas subi les mêmes mouvements. La strate inférieure est plissée et en partie érodée, la strate supérieure repose en discordance sur la première. 2, record 1, French, - discordance
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
discordance : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 3, record 1, French, - discordance
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2005-03-15
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- unconformity
1, record 2, English, unconformity
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
- unconf 2, record 2, English, unconf
correct, see observation
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- unconformable contact 3, record 2, English, unconformable%20contact
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A substantial break or gap in the geologic record where a rock unit is overlain by another that is not next in stratigraphic succession, such as an interruption in the continuity of a depositional sequence of sedimentary rocks or a break between eroded igneous rocks and younger sedimentary strata. 4, record 2, English, - unconformity
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Some mines exploit "reefs" (ore zones) with uppermost sections buried as much as 3 km beneath unconformities. 5, record 2, English, - unconformity
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The Kemi and Campo Formoso intrusions are prekinematic and occur at the unconformable contact between Archean granitic basement and overlying, mainly sedimentary, Proterozoic supracrustal rocks. 3, record 2, English, - unconformity
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
unconf: ... abbreviation ... used in drilling records. 2, record 2, English, - unconformity
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- discordance
1, record 2, French, discordance
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- discordance stratigraphique 2, record 2, French, discordance%20stratigraphique
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Surface géologique représentant l'intervalle de temps d'exposition subaérienne et son équivalence subaquatique. Elle est caractérisée par une troncature d'érosion et/ou par un important hiatus. 2, record 2, French, - discordance
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La lacune peut être due à une absence de sédimentation, la région ayant par exemple été émergée (régression); [...] Quelquefois, cette émersion est accompagnée d'une phase de plissement précédant la transgression suivante; dans ce cas, on parle de discordance. 3, record 2, French, - discordance
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les bauxites sont disposées [...] en couches plus ou moins irrégulières [...], soulignant les lacunes stratigraphiques et les discordances car la présence de bauxites est le signe infaillible d'une longue émersion [...] 4, record 2, French, - discordance
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Les terrains du socle sont plus anciens que ceux de la couverture; ils ont subi une orogenèse antérieure à celle de la couverture. Le socle n'a donc pas la même structure que sa couverture on dit qu'il y a discordance. 5, record 2, French, - discordance
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 4 CONT
Les intrusions de Kemi et de Campo Formoso sont anticinématiques et sont situées au niveau d'une discordance séparant un socle granitique archéen d'une séquence sus-jacente de roches supracrustales à prédominance sédimentaire du Protérozoïque. 6, record 2, French, - discordance
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Geología
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- discordancia
1, record 2, Spanish, discordancia
feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
- discordancia estratigráfica 1, record 2, Spanish, discordancia%20estratigr%C3%A1fica
feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1998-06-26
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Finance
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- unconformity
1, record 3, English, unconformity
proposal
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- nonconformity 1, record 3, English, nonconformity
proposal
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record 3, Key term(s)
- nonconformity
- non conformity
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Finances
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- non-conformité
1, record 3, French, non%2Dconformit%C3%A9
proposal, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Finanzas
Record 3, Main entry term, Spanish
- inconformidad
1, record 3, Spanish, inconformidad
feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 3, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Recursos con que cuentan los contribuyentes para proteger sus intereses y hacer valer sus derechos en relación con actos de autoridades que, a su juicio, no son procedentes, y que generalmente son por impuestos a su cargo. 1, record 3, Spanish, - inconformidad
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Ejemplos: juicio de nulidad, procedimientos administrativos de consideración. 1, record 3, Spanish, - inconformidad
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