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Record 1 2010-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

An area divided by intersecting faults into blocks that have settled in varying degrees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Les failles peuvent se grouper parallèlement, orthogonalement ou radialement. Dans les deux derniers cas, on a des champs de failles. [...] On appelle horst ou môle le compartiment surélevé entre deux compartiments abaissés [...] et fossé ou graben le compartiment abaissé entre deux môles [...]

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