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LIMITE PLAQUES SUBDUCTION [1 record]

Record 1 2009-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

One of two types of converging plate boundaries which occurs when one plate plunges under another overriding plate.

OBS

subduction boundary: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
CONT

La mine Tuo-Yandong se situe dans un arc insulaire carbonifère localisé au Nord de la zone orogénique Jueluotage [...] à la limite entre les unités tectoniques IV et VII [...] qui est considérée comme une limite de subduction [...]

Spanish

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