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ZONE RACINES [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

That zone in the crust from which thrust faults emerge.

CONT

For both abyssal and muscovite class pegmatites, the host rocks represent deeply eroded root zones of orogenic belts.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Étant donné le rétrécissement du diatrème en profondeur [...], le diatrème [...] au niveau de la zone radicale peut n'être que de quelques dizaines de mètres [...]

CONT

Dans le cas des pegmatites abyssales et des pegmatites à muscovite, les roches hôtes appartiennent aux zones d'enracinement des ceintures orogéniques profondément érodées.

OBS

zone radicale; zone d'enracinement; zone de racines; région de racines : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
CONT

... the surface mantle is a region subject to storage depletion by evaporation and evapotranspiration, and its infiltration characteristics determine the extent to which rainfall or snowmelt may be received for storage and transmission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
CONT

[...] la couche de surface est une zone où l'évaporation et l'évapotranspiration prélèvent de l'eau emmagasinée; les caractéristiques d'infiltration déterminent les proportions des eaux de pluie ou de fonte des neiges qui seront emmagasinées et percoleront à travers le sol.

Spanish

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