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LIMITE FAILLES BORDIERES [1 record]

Record 1 2010-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Metals Mining
CONT

At Silvermines in Ireland, lead-zinc mineralization occurs as ... fault-bounded epigenetic strata-bound orebodies in the basal Carboniferous and as structurally controlled vein or breccia zones in the Upper Devonian sandstones ...

OBS

fault-bounded: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Fault-bounded basin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

La formation, limitée par des failles, repose en discordance sur les couches du supergroupe de Kaniapiskau.

OBS

Il semble redondant de retrouver dans la même expression «limité» et «bordières». Les expressions «limité par des failles» ou «entre failles bordières» seraient plus justes.

OBS

limité par des failles : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Bassin limité par des failles.

Spanish

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