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IMBRICATE STRUCTURE [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-05-17
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- imbrication
1, record 1, English, imbrication
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The overlapping arrangement of thrust sheets in an imbricate structure. 2, record 1, English, - imbrication
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The two-sided fold-thrust belt at Caswell Sound suggests that loading was accomplished via the tectonic imbrication of thrust sheets, possibly during accretion of the arc to the paleo-Pacific margin of Gondwana. 3, record 1, English, - imbrication
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
imbrication: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 2, record 1, English, - imbrication
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- écaillage
1, record 1, French, %C3%A9caillage
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[…] les géologues ont pu mettre en évidence un écaillage tectonique de la plaque européenne (croûte continentale) avec chevauchement des écailles entraînant un approfondissement du Moho. 2, record 1, French, - %C3%A9caillage
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Le style tectonique affectant la série post-varique des Alpes Bergamasques est composé de décollements accompagnés d'un écaillage intercutané; affectant cette fois l'ensemble du Verrucano, du Werfénien et du Virglorien sous la série Ladinien-Norien-Lias [...] 3, record 1, French, - %C3%A9caillage
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
écaillage : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 4, record 1, French, - %C3%A9caillage
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2010-11-23
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Geology
- Hydrology and Hydrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- imbrication
1, record 2, English, imbrication
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- shingling 2, record 2, English, shingling
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The formation of an imbricate structure. 2, record 2, English, - imbrication
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
- Hydrologie et hydrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- imbrication
1, record 2, French, imbrication
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] l'imbrication résulte du fait que, parmi les galets aplatis d'une dimension déterminée, ceux qui sont inclinés vers l'aval sont le moins facilement mis en mouvement par le courant; un dépôt résiduel doit donc comporter une majorité de galets orientés de cette façon. 2, record 2, French, - imbrication
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Imbrication des galets. 3, record 2, French, - imbrication
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2010-11-23
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- imbricate structure
1, record 3, English, imbricate%20structure
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- schuppen structure 2, record 3, English, schuppen%20structure
correct
- shingle-block structure 3, record 3, English, shingle%2Dblock%20structure
correct
- shingle block structure 4, record 3, English, shingle%20block%20structure
correct
- shingle structure 3, record 3, English, shingle%20structure
correct
- imbricated structure 5, record 3, English, imbricated%20structure
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A series of overlapping rock slices separated by steeply inclined subparallel reverse faults and bounded above and below by major low-angle thrust surfaces. 6, record 3, English, - imbricate%20structure
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The central part of the Knob Lake Basin area has been highly deformed by doubly plunging isoclinal folds, with axes trending northwest, that are cut by steep easterly dipping thrust faults which give rise to a complex imbricate regional structure. 7, record 3, English, - imbricate%20structure
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The arrangement is somewhat similar to a set of books leaning against one another on an incompletely filled shelf. 6, record 3, English, - imbricate%20structure
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
imbricate structure : term used at Natural Resources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector. 8, record 3, English, - imbricate%20structure
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- structure imbriquée
1, record 3, French, structure%20imbriqu%C3%A9e
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- structure en écailles 2, record 3, French, structure%20en%20%C3%A9cailles
feminine noun
- structure à écailles 3, record 3, French, structure%20%C3%A0%20%C3%A9cailles
feminine noun
- régime imbriqué 4, record 3, French, r%C3%A9gime%20imbriqu%C3%A9
masculine noun
- structure écailleuse imbriquée 3, record 3, French, structure%20%C3%A9cailleuse%20imbriqu%C3%A9e
feminine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La partie centrale du bassin de Knob Lake est très déformée en plis isoclinaux à double plongement de direction nord-ouest; ces plis sont recoupés par d'abruptes failles de chevauchement à pendage est qui ont donné naissance à une structure régionale imbriquée et complexe. 5, record 3, French, - structure%20imbriqu%C3%A9e
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
structure imbriquée; structure en écailles : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 6, record 3, French, - structure%20imbriqu%C3%A9e
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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