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pull-apart [4 records]

Record 1 2015-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coupling Systems (Railroad)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Attelages (Matériel de chemin de fer)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
OBS

Rail joint failure.

OBS

pull-apart: term officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)
  • Voies ferrées
OBS

rupture d'éclissage; rupture de boulon d'éclisse : termes uniformisés par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A sedimentary structure which looks like boudinage and consists of beds which have been stretched and torn apart.

CONT

The major strike-slip fault system in the northern part of the Philippine island arc system ... was probably ... a control on the location of major magmatic and hydrothermal centres, which might be localized in areas that are pull-apart sructures at dilational bends.

OBS

pull-apart: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

L'important système de failles de coulissage dans la partie nord de l'arc insulaire des Philippines [...] a probablement [...] joué un rôle dans le contrôle de la localisation des principaux centres magmatiques et hydrothermaux, lesquels sont localisés dans des zones qui correspondent possiblement à des structures de transtension dans des déflexions des failles où se produit une dilatation.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Forme de linéation dans laquelle la matrice s'injectant dans les fractures les divise en tablettes isolées dont la normale aux tablettes coïncide avec la direction d'étirement.

Spanish

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