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POLYPHASED [3 records]

Record 1 2011-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

... the changes in P-T [pressure-temperature] conditions during a metamorphic event do not necessarily involve only one phase of heating and then cooling and/or one phase of increasing then decreasing pressure. Thus a metamorphic event may be monophase (e.g. with one thermal climax ...) or polyphase (with two or more climaxes ...). Polymetamorphism [may] show two monophase metamorphic events ... and two polyphase events ..., which have left their imprints on a rock body. ... In practice it may be a difficult matter to differentiate polyphase metamorphism from polymetamorphism.

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • multiphased metamorphism
  • multiphase metamorphism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Le métamorphisme est généralement polyphasé. On remarque presque toujours, dans les séries métamorphiques, plusieurs phases de cristallisations superposées; ces séries sont dites «polyphasées».

CONT

Cet outil [d'étude géologique] doit permettre l'établissement d'une chronologie des différentes phases de métamorphisme ayant affecté une roche, qu'il s'agisse d'un métamorphisme polyphasé ou de plusieurs épisodes métamorphiques (polymétamorphisme).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

... a polyphased deformation, characterized by different deformation and [pressure-temperature] metamorphic regimes.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Déformation superposée d'un secteur dans lequel on enregistre des différences de comportement ductile des roches.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Component Manufacturing Equipment
  • Informatics
CONT

polyphased balanced system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement électriques
  • Informatique
CONT

système polyphasé équilibré.

OBS

polyphase : employé en apposition comme qualifiant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo de fabricación de componentes eléctricos
  • Informática
DEF

Que posee, comprende o utiliza varias fases.

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