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THICK SKIN TECTONICS [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2009-06-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- thin-skinned tectonics
1, record 1, English, thin%2Dskinned%20tectonics
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- thin skinned tectonics 2, record 1, English, thin%20skinned%20tectonics
correct
- thin skin tectonics 3, record 1, English, thin%20skin%20tectonics
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
In many regions of the world, older rocks are superimposed on top of younger rocks, just the opposite from what is expected. The usual explanation is that the layers of older rocks were thrust parallel to the bedding planes over the top of the layers of younger rock, sometimes for hundreds of miles. So numerous are these instances of inverted strata that a new branch of geology called "thin-skinned tectonics" is arising to handle them. 4, record 1, English, - thin%2Dskinned%20tectonics
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
In thin-skinned tectonics, a sediment cover has been sheared off from an underlying basement. In many cases, such detachments are located in salt horizons. During deformation, faults and narrow anticlinal folds can develop in the cover. 5, record 1, English, - thin%2Dskinned%20tectonics
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Pliocene salt and active Quaternary basement normal faulting resulted in the development of numerous salt structures and in different degrees of decoupling between thick-skinned basement tectonics and thin-skinned cover tectonics ... 6, record 1, English, - thin%2Dskinned%20tectonics
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
... first order questions exist concerning thick skin versus thin skin tectonics for the region. 3, record 1, English, - thin%2Dskinned%20tectonics
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
thin-skinned tectonics: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 7, record 1, English, - thin%2Dskinned%20tectonics
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Thin-skinned basement tectonics. 8, record 1, English, - thin%2Dskinned%20tectonics
Record 1, Key term(s)
- thin skinned tectonics
- thin-skin tectonics
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- tectonique pelliculaire
1, record 1, French, tectonique%20pelliculaire
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- tectonique des couches minces 2, record 1, French, tectonique%20des%20couches%20minces
correct
- tectonique à couche superficielle mince 3, record 1, French, tectonique%20%C3%A0%20couche%20superficielle%20mince
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
En dépit des différences de style structural du sud au nord, les patrons de déformation dans la partie nord des Rocheuses s'accordent avec le mouvement latéral vers l'est d'un prisme détaché de roches sédimentaires et supporte les principes de base de la tectonique des couches minces. 2, record 1, French, - tectonique%20pelliculaire
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les Mauritanides sont un avant-pays caractérisé par une tectonique pelliculaire. 4, record 1, French, - tectonique%20pelliculaire
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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