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Record 1 2010-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

The shales (referred here to as the fine-grained facies) comprising mudstone (clay and silt size) with some minor amounts of very fine to fine sandstone were deposited below storm wave base in a deep marine basin that simultaneously underwent tectonic activity. This fine-grained facies contains strongly deformed layers, intercalated between undeformed layers.

OBS

undeformed: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Les couches non déformées de la province géologique de la Plate-forme du St-Laurent [...] reposent en discordance sur les roches métamorphiques vieilles d'un milliard d'années (1 Ga) de la province de Grenville [...] du Bouclier précambrien.

OBS

non déformé : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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