TERMIUM Plus®

The Government of Canada’s terminology and linguistic data bank.

DEFORMED ROCK [12 records]

Record 1 2016-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A texture in a dynamically metamorphosed rock produced by severe mechanical crushing and differential movement of the component grains and characterized by granular, fragmentary, deformed, or strained mineral crystals, commonly flattened in a direction at right angles to the mechanical stress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[...] structure d'écrasement en relation avec la cataclase, et caractérisée par l'émiettement des minéraux, leur étirement et leur orientation préférentielle donnant à la roche un aspect folié et rubané.

CONT

La structure des roches métamorphiques [...] Elles peuvent avoir subi des actions mécaniques puissantes qui ont déformé optiquement ou même brisé certains minéraux, quartz notamment, qui présente alors une extinction progressive (extinction roulante) en lumière polarisée. C'est la texture cataclastique [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
CONT

Textura cataclástica. Las rocas ígneas pueden deformarse en ambiente frágil, dando lugar a rocas con estructuras cataclásticas, o en ambiente más dúltil, generando estructuras miloníticas. [...] Esta textura se debe a la deformación frágil de las rocas, que conlleva la fracturación de los granos y el desplazamiento relativo de unos respecto a otros.

Save record 1

Record 2 2013-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A mappable body of rock characterized by a lack of continuous bedding and the inclusion of fragments of rock of all sizes, contained in a fine-grained deformed matrix.

OBS

The mélange typically consists of a jumble of large blocks of varied lithologies.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

Save record 2

Record 3 2012-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

[Describes] the structure displayed by an igneous rock in which the early-formed crystals have been broken or deformed owing to movement of the still-liquid portion, either during intrusion or in a lava flow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
PHR

Structure protoclastique.

Spanish

Save record 3

Record 4 2011-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

The formation of mountains by the folding and deformation of the Earth’s crust.

CONT

In the framework of plate tectonics, orogeny occurs primarily at the boundaries of colliding plates, where marginal sedimentary deposits are crumpled and magmatism and volcanism are initiated.

OBS

Response to such engagement results in the formation of long tracts of highly deformed rock called orogens or orogenic belts.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Tectonique des plaques
DEF

Ensemble des processus menant à la formation des montagnes comme le plissement, le chevauchement et la formation de failles dans les couches de roche.

OBS

orogenèse; orogénie : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Tectónica de placas
DEF

Generación de relieve, en forma de montañas, que sucede al plegamiento orogénico una vez que, terminado éste, comienza la fase de recuperación del equilibrio isostático.

Save record 4

Record 5 2011-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Petrography
DEF

A foliation defined by elongated domains of quartz or feldspar aggregates separated by anastomosing, mica-rich laminae.

CONT

Slaty cleavage ... develops in fine-grained rocks as a result of intense deformation, producing a partial recrystallisation of platy minerals parallel to the axial planes of the folds, i.e. perpendicular to the compressive forces. In general, this recrystallisation does not destroy all traces of bedding.

OBS

Slaty cleavage is the characteristic foliation in fine-grained sedimentary and volcanic rock deformed under archizone and lower greenschist metamorphic conditions.

OBS

slaty cleavage: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Formation de schistosité ardoisière dans les terrains sédimentaires, à l'occasion d'un cisaillement [...] par rapport au socle [...]

CONT

Les phyllades (très durs et à schistosité marquée (clivage ardoisier)), ont été exploités comme ardoises pendant des siècles.

OBS

clivage ardoisier : caractéristique d'un faible degré de métamorphisme dans les roches métasédimentaires. La contrainte est due au poids des roches au-dessus et la roche se casse en feuilles parallèles le long du clivage ardoisier.

OBS

clivage ardoisier; schistosité ardoisière : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Save record 5

Record 6 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Man-Made Construction Materials
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

A deformed or nondeformed netlike polymeric material used with foundation, soil, rock, earth, or any other geotechnical engineering-related material as an integral part of human-made project structure or system.

CONT

Geogrids: meaning geotextile related products with large rectangular apertures (more correctly called geotextile grids) or non-rectangular apertures (more correctly called geotextile nets).

CONT

Geogrids ... are increasingly used to reinforce geotechnical structures, including unpaved roads and trafficked areas. Unpaved roads and trafficked areas ... consisting of a base layer (usually made of aggregate) placed on a subgrade soil, can be reinforced by geogrids placed within the base layer and/or, more often, at the base layer/subgrade interface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Matériaux de construction artificiels
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
DEF

Produit constitué d'un assemblage par points de nouage de fils, filaments, bandelettes, etc. et présentant une structure ouverte, les ouvertures ayant des dimensions très supérieures aux dimensions apparentes des constituants.

Spanish

Save record 6

Record 7 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Man-Made Construction Materials
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

A deformed or nondeformed netlike polymeric material used with foundation, soil, rock, earth, or any other geotechnical engineering-related material as an integral part of human-made project structure or system.

CONT

Geogrids: meaning geotextile related products with large rectangular apertures (more correctly called geotextile grids) or non-rectangular apertures (more correctly called geotextile nets).

CONT

Geogrids ... are increasingly used to reinforce geotechnical structures, including unpaved roads and trafficked areas. Unpaved roads and trafficked areas ... consisting of a base layer (usually made of aggregate) placed on a subgrade soil, can be reinforced by geogrids placed within the base layer and/or, more often, at the base layer/subgrade interface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Matériaux de construction artificiels
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
DEF

Produit constitué d'une superposition ou d'un entrecroisement, ou d'un liage de fils, filaments, bandelettes (à l'exclusion de points de nouage), etc. et présentant une structure ouverte, les ouvertures ayant des dimensions très supérieures aux dimensions apparentes des constituants.

Spanish

Save record 7

Record 8 2009-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

Protomylonitic rocks commonly contain gently inclined to reclined asymmetrical folds which are contemporaneous with the shearing.

CONT

protomylonitic gneiss :Deformed(ductile), intensely foliated rock [which] has primary cohesion, contains >50% porphyroclasts(commonly lensoid) in finer grained dynamically recrystallised matrix.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Texture protomylonitique : de 50 à 95 % de clastes englobés dans une matrice à grain fin, les quartz en rubans sont fréquents.

OBS

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

Spanish

Save record 8

Record 9 2006-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

Two concepts are important : deformation phases and metamorphic events. The first relates to specific periods during which a rock is deformed under the influence of a deviatoric stress field, leaving visible records such as folds, cleavages or lineations. Successive deformation phases may be superposed on each other leaving overprinting structures such as folded foliations, refolded folds or folded lineations.

CONT

orogeny - A major phase of deformation, folding and metamorphism of the Earth’s crust associated with continental collision, formation of mountains and igneous activity.

OBS

phase of deformation: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

plissement : Phase de déformation se traduisant notamment par des plis.

OBS

phase de déformation : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Save record 9

Record 10 2002-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Tectonics
CONT

The Fry method is a very powerful way to determine the finite strain ellipse in a deformed rock, but the problems of reproductibility and objectivity of the measurements still remain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Tectonique
DEF

Méthode graphique de visualisation de la distance moyenne existant entre des marqueurs ponctuels de déformations n'interagissant pas au cours de la déformation, pour les différentes orientations du plan de représentation.

Spanish

Save record 10

Record 11 1999-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

... geological framework of deformed rocks in eastern Canada and their resource potential.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
OBS

déformation : Changement de forme d'une roche sous l'effet d'une contrainte d'origine tectonique.

Spanish

Save record 11

Record 12 1990-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

In the context of the discussion on geotextiles in Section 2.8.2.3, this could be called a geogrid effectiveness factor.

OBS

Geogrid : A deformed or nondeformed netlike polymeric material used with foundation, soil, rock, earth, or any other geotechnical engineering-related material as an integral part of human-made project structure or system.

OBS

FEF [fabric effectiveness factor] is the ratio of the cycles to failure of the fabric reinforced specimens to the control specimen without fabric.

OBS

The key toward the reinforcement-based design of geotextiles in reflective crack prevention in bituminous pavement overlays is the fabric’s effectiveness as determined by laboratory testing or experience. Quantitatively, it is defined as follows: FEF=Nr/Nn where FEF=fabric effectiveness factor, Nr=number of load cycles to cause failure in the fabric-reinforced case, Nn=number of load cycles to cause failure in the nonreinforced case. Values of FEF vary widely when based on laboratory tests (as they usually are), the range being from 2.1 to 15.9 ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Routes. Interfaces antifissures [...] Pour dimensionner correctement une structure, il faut tout d'abord définir le type de fissure à traiter (fatigue, retrait thermique), puis prendre en compte le genre de structure de chaussée (rigide, semi-rigide, souple). On se posera enfin la question sur l'efficacité d'une structure textile en relation avec les sollicitations auxquelles elle sera soumise.

OBS

Grille : Type de géotextile constitué d'une superposition ou d'un entrecroisement, ou d'un liage de fils, filaments, bandelettes, etc., et présentant une structure ouverte, c'est-à-dire dont les ouvertures ont des dimensions très supérieures aux dimensions apparentes des constituants.

Spanish

Save record 12

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2025
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Features

Language Portal of Canada

Access a collection of Canadian resources on all aspects of English and French, including quizzes.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: