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BASSIN LAC MELVILLE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-01-05
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Lake Melville Plate
1, record 1, English, Lake%20Melville%20Plate
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, - Lake%20Melville%20Plate
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Post-orogenic features include stocks of syenite along the southeast border, diabase dykes, flat-lying rocks of the Lake Melville Plate, bodies of carbonatite, several outliers of Paleozoic cover, and a circular structure with Permian-Triassic volcanic material. 3, record 1, English, - Lake%20Melville%20Plate
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Located in Grenville Province, Canadian Shield. 4, record 1, English, - Lake%20Melville%20Plate
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- bassin du lac Melville
1, record 1, French, bassin%20du%20lac%20Melville
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, - bassin%20du%20lac%20Melville
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, - bassin%20du%20lac%20Melville
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Les traits postorogéniques comportent des stocks de syénite le long de la limite sud-est, des dykes de diabase, les roches non déformées du bassin du lac Melville, des masses de carbonatite, plusieurs buttes-témoins de roches de recouvrement du Paléozoïque, et une structure circulaire contenant des matériaux volcaniques permotriasiques. 3, record 1, French, - bassin%20du%20lac%20Melville
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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