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STRUCTURAL DOME [1 record]

Record 1 2004-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A geologic structure resembling an inverted bowl; a short anticline, plunging on all sides.

CONT

About one-half of known carbonatites are located in topographic highs or domes, which ... are bounded by zones of crustal-scale faulting ...

OBS

A type of "brachyanticline."

OBS

Unlike "dome", the term "topographic high" does not make any allusion to the shape of the relief.

Key term(s)
  • topographical high

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

[...] anticlinal isodiamétrique [...] pour [lequel], à partir du sommet, les couches plongent également dans toutes les directions avec des dispositions périclinales.

CONT

Environ la moitié des carbonatites connues sont localisées dans des hauteurs topographiques ou dômes [...] et sont limitées par des zones de failles d'échelle crustale[...]

OBS

[...] variété de brachyanticlinal.

OBS

Contrairement aux termes «dôme» et «coupole», le terme «hauteur topographique» n'évoque pas la forme arrondie de la structure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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