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STRUCTURAL CLOSURE [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Economic Geology
  • Petroleum Deposits
DEF

The vertical distance between the top of an anticline, or dome, and the lowest point marking the end of such a structure.

CONT

Closure is important in that it is an indication of the amount of producing formation that can be expected to be encountered.

OBS

closure : this term is used in structural geology, in relation with potential oil structures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Géologie économique
  • Gisements pétrolifères
DEF

[...] distance séparant le point le plus élevé d'un réservoir de la courbe de niveau la plus basse se formant autour de lui.

OBS

Caractéristique d'une structure ou d'un accident géologique qui est responsable de l'accumulation du pétrole dans un gisement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

Direct measures of individual tree damage included numbers of stems, first order branches and second order branches that were broken and a visual health index. Canopy level structural measures expected to vary as the forest responds to damage included effective leaf area index(LAIe) and canopy closure measured using hemispheric photographs, and basal area.

Key term(s)
  • hemispherical photograph
  • hemispheric photo

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
CONT

Mesure de la surface foliaire. De nombreuses méthodes ont été mises au point, [...] Méthodes directes. [...] Méthodes indirectes. [...] Méthodes d'estimation. a) Mesures de dimensions linéaires. [...] b) mesure du poids sec. [...] c) Comparaison à des surfaces connues. [...] d) Détermination de la répartition spatiale à partir des contacts d'aiguilles enfoncées verticalement dans la végétation. e) Calcul à partir de photographies hémisphériques.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The ISS [International Space Station] Fluids and Combustion Facility(FCF)... FCF will usher in a new era of fluids and combustion research. It is a modular, multi-user, permanent microgravity science laboratory that is capable of accommodating a minimum of 10 combustion and fluids science investigations per year over an expected 10-year life cycle. The FCF will make it possible for researchers on the ground, with the assistance of the astronauts in space, to schedule and perform studies of how fluids and flames behave in the absence of gravity... The FCF will occupy three powered ISS racks and an equivalent amount of storage space and have rack closure doors and structural interfaces with the ISS.

OBS

fluids and combustion facility; FCF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • microgravity fluids and combustion facility

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

Le «Fluids and Combustion Facility» [est un] triple bâti, conçu par le Lewis Research Center de la NASA, [dédié à] l'étude de la physique des fluides (liquides, gaz et mélanges) et de la combustion en apesanteur. Il comprend une chambre de combustion, des dispositifs de dosage des gaz et des liquides, ainsi que divers systèmes très élaborés d'éclairage, de polarisation, de prise de vues, [...] incluant l'enregistrement vidéo numérique.

OBS

laboratoire de recherche sur la combustion et les fluides ; FCF: terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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