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DEFORMATION POSTHUME [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

posthumous: In tectonics, used in the case of a recurrence of forces and movement along lines or over areas affected by similar forces in a previous period.

OBS

deformation: Change in the form or in the dimensions of a body produced by stress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

Il est certain que, lors du début d'un drame orogénique, celui qui, le précède dans le temps et l'espace se manifeste encore par des frémissements auxquels est donné le nom de déformations posthumes.

Spanish

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