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FRONT GRENVILLE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2003-11-17
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Grenville Front
1, record 1, English, Grenville%20Front
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, - Grenville%20Front
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Archean rocks have been traced from Superior Province across the Grenville Front into Grenville Province where they have generally been reworked to amphibolite and gneiss during the Grenvillian Orogeny. 3, record 1, English, - Grenville%20Front
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Located in the Canadian Shield. 4, record 1, English, - Grenville%20Front
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 OBS
A little more than ten kilometres to the southeast of the [Sudbury Igneous] Complex lies the faulted Grenville Front, the northwestern margin of the mid-Proterozoic Grenville Province. 5, record 1, English, - Grenville%20Front
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- front de Grenville
1, record 1, French, front%20de%20Grenville
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, - front%20de%20Grenville
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, - front%20de%20Grenville
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Les roches archéennes ont été retracées de la province du lac Supérieur, à travers le front de Grenville, jusqu'à la province de Grenville où elles ont généralement été transformées en amphibolite et en gneiss au cours de l'orogenèse du Grenvillien. 3, record 1, French, - front%20de%20Grenville
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 OBS
À un peu plus de 10 km au sud-est du complexe [igné de Sudbury] est situé le front de Grenville, une zone faillée de direction nord-ouest qui marque la limite de la Province de Grenville du Protérozoïque moyen. 4, record 1, French, - front%20de%20Grenville
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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