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HORIZONTAL BEDDING [7 records]

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Record 1 2011-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
CONT

dip : The angle at which a planar feature, such as bedding or schistosity, is inclined from the horizontal.

CONT

folding: The curving or bending of a planar structure such as rock strata, foliation, or cleavage by deformation.

OBS

planar feature; planar structure: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

Les veines de leucosome se présentent sous forme de structure planaire parallèle à la schistosité et peuvent tout aussi bien être continues sur plusieurs décamètres [...]

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ashlar and Building Stone (Quarrying)
  • Natural Construction Materials
CONT

Instead of placing the stones on their natural bedding plane as they lay in the quarry - the correct method - the blocks of stone were "face-bedded." This caused the stones to scale in layers because they were placed on end with their bedding planes parallel to the face of the wall.

OBS

As opposed to "face bedding."

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pierres de taille et moellons (Carrières)
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
OBS

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

PHR

Litage naturel de la pierre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
DEF

Permeability that varies with direction of flow through the porous medium.

OBS

Lateral permeability contrast can be particularly important in fractured formations, where effective permeability in the direction of the fractures may be many times greater than the matrix permeability. If the permeability in one direction is significantly more than in the other, the flow pattern may more closely approximate linear flow than radial flow. This can be detected from well-test data. Likewise, laminations in most clastic formations cause the permeability normal to the bedding plane to be less than the lateral permeability parallel to bedding. This is called vertical to horizontal permeability anisotropy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Coefficient de perméabilité de Darcy d'un milieu poreux (continu) anisotrope, selon une direction définie, vis-à-vis d'un flux de même direction.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec la conductivité hydraulique directionnelle qui est pour un milieu discontinu.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ashlar and Building Stone (Quarrying)
  • Natural Construction Materials
CONT

Stone laid up with the bedding planes horizontal tend to weather better than stone laid up with the bedding planes vertical, and if it is laid with vertical bedding parallel to the face of the wall, an extreme amount of spalling can be the result.

CONT

Face bedding is the weakest and least weather resistant way of fixing a stone.

OBS

As opposed to "natural bedding."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pierres de taille et moellons (Carrières)
  • Matériaux de construction naturels

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

For normal faults, the gap between the horizontal projections of the fault traces, measured perpendicular to the strike of the disrupted bedding plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

[...] rejet horizontal apparent sur un plan de projection perpendiculaire à la couche [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
OBS

strike : The direction or trend taken by a structural surface, e. g. a bedding or fault plane, as it intersects the horizontal.

Key term(s)
  • fault trend
  • trend of fault

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

The angle that a structural surface, e. g. a bedding or fault plane, makes with the horizontal, measured in any random, vertical section, rather than perpendicular to the strike. It varies from nearly zero to nearly the true dip, depending on whether the random section is close to the direction of the strike or of the dip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Tectonique des plaques

Spanish

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