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Record 1 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

In the Orocopias, the east-dipping system of faults ... is a major system of anastomosing normal faults, which records a continuum of deformation from ductile mylonitic textures to brittle fault gouge.

PHR

Continuum of extensional deformation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Ensemble de déformations de couches superposées au cours d'épisodes de déformation présentant une parenté structurale et dans des conditions de pression et de température analogues.

Spanish

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