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Record 1 1978-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Tectonics
OBS

The large plates outlined by (...) seismic belts are not actively deformed except along their borders and the motion occurring within them is mostly limited to broad epeirogenic movements ...). It is logical to suppose that these seismic belts are zones of interaction between rigid plates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Tectonique
OBS

Il est donc logique de supposer que ces ceintures [orogéniques] caractérisées par une activité sismique sont les zones d'interaction entre de grandes plaques rigides qui couvrent la surface de la terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
CONT

A single faucet ... complete with a rosette (crowsfoot), locknut and coupling.

OBS

Figure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
CONT

[...] un robinet simple avec pièces connexes, à savoir : une rondelle d'écartement, un contre-écrou et un écrou-union.

Spanish

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