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FUNNEL-SHAPED INTRUSION [2 records]

Record 1 2003-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

The Sudbury Igneous Complex outcrops as a crude oval ring about 65 km long and 25 km across, representing a basin-or funnel-shaped intrusion...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

La zone d'affleurement du Complexe igné de Sudbury dessine une ellipse d'environ 65 km de longueur et 25 km de largeur et représente une intrusion en forme de bassin ou d'entonnoir [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

[An intrusion] in which the layering dips at a shallow angle towards the centre giving synclinal cross-section.

CONT

The Sudbury Igneous Complex outcrops as a crude oval ring about 65 km long and 25 km across, representing a basin-or funnel-shaped intrusion...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

[Intrusion dans laquelle] la stratification s'incline légèrement vers le centre, de sorte que dans des coupes transversales la stratification définit une structure synforme.

CONT

La zone d'affleurement du Complexe igné de Sudbury dessine une ellipse d'environ 65 km de longueur et 25 km de largeur et représente une intrusion en forme de bassin ou d'entonnoir [...]

Spanish

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