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GROUPE MELVILLE ISLAND [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2000-01-07
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Melville Island Group
1, record 1, English, Melville%20Island%20Group
correct, see observation, Canada
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context. 2, record 1, English, - Melville%20Island%20Group
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
In northern Yukon ... three main effects of the orogeny are evident on the mainland: ... 3) indications of the presence of uplift in the British Mountains or land beneath the present Arctic Ocean as reflected in the northerly source of Upper Devonian clastic rocks constituting the Imperial Formation of the mainland and its temporal facies equivalents of Arctic Islands, the Melville Island Group. 3, record 1, English, - Melville%20Island%20Group
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- groupe de Melville Island
1, record 1, French, groupe%20de%20Melville%20Island
correct, see observation, masculine noun, Canada
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas. 2, record 1, French, - groupe%20de%20Melville%20Island
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte. 2, record 1, French, - groupe%20de%20Melville%20Island
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Dans le nord du Yukon [...] Trois traits principaux de cette orogenèse demeurent évidents sur le continent [...] 3) Les évidences de soulèvement dans les monts Britanniques sous l'actuel océan Arctique, telles que celles des roches clastiques du Dévonien supérieur présumées d'une source au nord et qui constituent la formation d'Imperial sur le continent, ou ses faciès équivalents temporels des îles de l'Arctique, le groupe de Melville Island. 3, record 1, French, - groupe%20de%20Melville%20Island
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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