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EPICRATONIC EMBAYMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

The sedimentary basins initiated as epicratonic embayments on passive margins, or in continental, oceanic, or back-arc marginal basins, are commonly part of large Pb-Zn metallogenic provinces ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Les bassins sédimentaires, qui constituaient à l'origine des rentrants épicratoniques le long de marges passives, ou encore des bassins continentaux, des bassins océaniques ou des bassins marginaux d'arrière-arc, font souvent partie de grandes provinces métallogéniques à Pb-Zn [...]

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