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WRENCH FAULT [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2010-12-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- wrench fault
1, record 1, English, wrench%20fault
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A ... strike-slip fault in which the fault surface is vertical, and the fault blocks move sideways past each other. 2, record 1, English, - wrench%20fault
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Given the geological complexity of some deformed rocks, including rocks that have experienced more than one episode of deformation, it can be difficult to distinguish a wrench fault from a strike-slip fault. Also, areas can be deformed more than once or experience ongoing structuring such that fault surfaces can be rotated from their original orientations. 2, record 1, English, - wrench%20fault
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
This complexity explains that the term "wrench fault" has been used with an increasing frequency as a synonym of transcurrent or strike-slip fault. 3, record 1, English, - wrench%20fault
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
wrench fault : term used at Natural Resources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector. 3, record 1, English, - wrench%20fault
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- faille verticale de décrochement
1, record 1, French, faille%20verticale%20de%20d%C3%A9crochement
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
faille verticale de décrochement : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 2, record 1, French, - faille%20verticale%20de%20d%C3%A9crochement
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2007-07-17
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- reservoir facies trend
1, record 2, English, reservoir%20facies%20trend
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Entrapped hydrocarbons, as well as the reservoir facies trends and hydrocarbon migration pathways are influenced by PreCambrian wrench fault systems present in basins throughout the Rockies. 1, record 2, English, - reservoir%20facies%20trend
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- direction des faciès de réservoir
1, record 2, French, direction%20des%20faci%C3%A8s%20de%20r%C3%A9servoir
feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Grâce au bon contrôle sur les puits, 132 intervalles carottés et les diagraphies de forage de 345 puits provenant du champ Peejay du nord-est de la Colombie-Britannique ont été étudiés afin : 1) d'établir un modèle de sédimentation; 2) d'identifier l'origine de tous les faciès de réservoirs et 3) de construire un modèle d'exploration dans le but de mieux prédire la direction des faciès de réservoirs. 1, record 2, French, - direction%20des%20faci%C3%A8s%20de%20r%C3%A9servoir
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2006-11-15
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- tear fault
1, record 3, English, tear%20fault
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A very steep fault associated with a low angle over thrust fault. 2, record 3, English, - tear%20fault
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The east-west-oriented segment of the Cape Ray Fault Zone is a tear fault that accommodated differential displacement along the length of the fault. 3, record 3, English, - tear%20fault
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The term "tear fault" can be used to indicate a steeply-dipping wrench fault that bounds or cuts the hanging wall of a thrust or normal fault... 4, record 3, English, - tear%20fault
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
tear fault: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 3, English, - tear%20fault
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- faille de déchirure
1, record 3, French, faille%20de%20d%C3%A9chirure
correct, see observation, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
On qualifie de «faille de déchirure», des cassures coulissantes qui désolidarisent deux compartiments en cours de déformation, leur permettant de subir des déformations indépendantes, différentes dans leur dessin et dans leur ampleur (par exemple des plis plus ou moins serrés). Ces failles diffèrent en cela des véritables décrochements, qui tranchent et décalent des structures préformées (c'est même ce décalage qui permet de les mettre en évidence) : ici il n'y a pas décalage mais dissemblance des structures de part et d'autre de la faille. 2, record 3, French, - faille%20de%20d%C3%A9chirure
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Le segment orienté est-ouest de la zone de la faille de Cape Ray représente une faille de déchirure, qui a accommodé le déplacement différentiel le long du plan de la faille. 3, record 3, French, - faille%20de%20d%C3%A9chirure
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
faille de déchirure : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 4, record 3, French, - faille%20de%20d%C3%A9chirure
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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