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BREAKUP UNCONFORMITY [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
CONT

... the breakup unconformity is caused by erosion during the final uplift pulse associated with pre-breakup upwelling in the mantle.

CONT

The transition from syn-rift to post-rift sediments is usually marked by a change in depositional environment and sometimes by a regional unconformity, called the break-up unconformity.

OBS

breakup unconformity; break-up unconformity: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
OBS

discordance de rupture continentale; discordance de rupture : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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