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WRENCH FAULTING ZONE [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
CONT

This discontinuity marks a zone of wrench faulting, which runs at an oblique angle across the fold axes of the Mackenzie and Franklin mountains towards the Smith Arm of Great Bear Lake ...

Key term(s)
  • wrench faulting zone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

Cette discordance marque une zone de failles verticales de décrochement qui croisent obliquement l'axe de plissement des monts Mackenzie et Franklin vers le bras Smith du Grand Lac de l'Ours [...]

Spanish

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