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Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-01-29
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Hydrology and Hydrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- peritidal
1, record 1, English, peritidal
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The St. George Group is a ~500 m thick sequence of carbonate rock that accumulated during Early and early Middle Ordovician time in a series of shallow subtidal and peritidal environments near the outer edge of a low-latitude continental margin.... The newly named basal Watts Bight Formation is a lower sequence of peritidal limestones and dolostones... 2, record 1, English, - peritidal
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
peritidal: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 3, record 1, English, - peritidal
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Hydrologie et hydrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- péritidal
1, record 1, French, p%C3%A9ritidal
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Relatif à l'estran. 2, record 1, French, - p%C3%A9ritidal
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le Groupe de St. George est une séquence d'environ 500 m de puissance, formé de carbonates accumulés durant l'Ordovicien inférieur et moyen dans des milieux subtidal et péritidal, sous une mince tranche d'eau près de la bordure externe d'une marge continentale à basse latitude. [...] La formation basale, nouvellement appelée Formation de Watts Bight, est composée d'une séquence inférieure de dolomies et de calcaires péritidaux [...] 3, record 1, French, - p%C3%A9ritidal
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
péritidal : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 4, record 1, French, - p%C3%A9ritidal
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2001-10-04
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Ecosystems
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- mat
1, record 2, English, mat
correct, noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A thick underlacing growth of vegetation either free on the surface of or overlying the margin of a body of water. 2, record 2, English, - mat
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Algal mat. 3, record 2, English, - mat
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Écosystèmes
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- matte
1, record 2, French, matte
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Accumulation sédimentaire (sable, vase, débris organiques) piégée par les herbiers sous-marins et formant dans les baies abritées une surélévation en forme de banquette. 2, record 2, French, - matte
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1999-10-21
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- Neuville Formation
1, record 3, English, Neuville%20Formation
correct, see observation, Canada
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context. 2, record 3, English, - Neuville%20Formation
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Limestones of the Montreal Formation are fine textured toward the northeastern margin of the basin and merge with aphanitic limestone of the Neuville Formation, 470 feet thick. 3, record 3, English, - Neuville%20Formation
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Located in southeastern Canada. 4, record 3, English, - Neuville%20Formation
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- formation de Neuville
1, record 3, French, formation%20de%20Neuville
correct, see observation, feminine noun, Canada
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas. 2, record 3, French, - formation%20de%20Neuville
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte. 2, record 3, French, - formation%20de%20Neuville
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Les calcaires de la formation de Montréal ont une texture fine près du bord nord-est du bassin de Québec et se mélangent avec les calcaires aphanitiques de la formation de Neuville, d'une épaisseur de 470 pieds. 3, record 3, French, - formation%20de%20Neuville
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1999-10-21
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- Montreal Formation
1, record 4, English, Montreal%20Formation
correct, see observation, Canada
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context. 2, record 4, English, - Montreal%20Formation
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Limestones of the Montreal Formation are fine textured toward the northeastern margin of the basin and merge with aphanitic limestones of the Neuville Formation, 470 feet thick. 3, record 4, English, - Montreal%20Formation
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- formation de Montréal
1, record 4, French, formation%20de%20Montr%C3%A9al
correct, see observation, feminine noun, Canada
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas. 2, record 4, French, - formation%20de%20Montr%C3%A9al
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte. 2, record 4, French, - formation%20de%20Montr%C3%A9al
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Les calcaires de la formation de Montréal ont une texture fine près du bord nord-est du bassin de Québec et se mélangent avec les calcaires aphanitiques de la formation de Neuville, d'une épaisseur de 470 pieds. 3, record 4, French, - formation%20de%20Montr%C3%A9al
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 1999-07-19
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- Mackenzie Arch
1, record 5, English, Mackenzie%20Arch
correct, see observation, Canada
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context. 2, record 5, English, - Mackenzie%20Arch
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
The evaporites and clastics grade northwestward into thick carbonate, breccia, and anhydrite that flank islands and peninsulas along the margin of the craton and cover weakly positive elements in the northern Cordilleran Geosyncline-Mackenzie Arch and the MacDonald, Cassiar, and Porcupine Platforms. 3, record 5, English, - Mackenzie%20Arch
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Located in Western Canada. 4, record 5, English, - Mackenzie%20Arch
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- arche de Mackenzie
1, record 5, French, arche%20de%20Mackenzie
correct, see observation, feminine noun, Canada
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas. 2, record 5, French, - arche%20de%20Mackenzie
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte. 2, record 5, French, - arche%20de%20Mackenzie
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Les évaporites et les roches clastiques se transforment graduellement vers le nord-ouest en de grandes épaisseurs de roches carbonatées, de brèche et d'anhydrite en bordure des îles et des péninsules le long du craton et couvrent des éléments faiblement positifs dans le nord du géosynclinal de la Cordillère, c'est-à-dire l'arche de Mackenzie et les plates-formes de MacDonald, des Cassiars et de Porcupine. 3, record 5, French, - arche%20de%20Mackenzie
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 1988-05-13
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Petrochemistry
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- thick margin 1, record 6, English, thick%20margin
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Chimie du pétrole
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- marge grasse
1, record 6, French, marge%20grasse
feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1977-07-07
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- Desertellidae
1, record 7, English, Desertellidae
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[Bivalves of the Family Desertellidae have a shell that is] medium-sized, equivalve subequilateral, subtrigonal, but with [a] posterior end [that] is high and subtruncate; length and height [are] almost equal; [they have a] blunt diagonal ridge delimiting [a] relatively narrow posterior area; [the] shell wall [is] thick; [the] unbones [are] moderately well inflated and incurved, slightly opisthogyrous; [they have] no lunule or esiutcheon; [the] ligament [is] external, opisthodetic; [the] nymph [is] short and thick. Each valve [has] two teeth diverging from [the] beak, LV anterior and RV posterior almost equal in size, very stout and prominent, bluntly pointed, received in deep recesses; LV posterior and RV anterior [are] also almost equal, less prominent than [the] other two, each elongated and close to [the] margin, and each received in [a] recess between [the] major tooth of [the] opposite valve and [the] margin adjacent to it; [the] dentition of [the] valves thus [appears] identical when [the] interior of [the] shell is viewed; [the] adductor scars [are] subequal, placed rather dorsally, [the] posterior ones [are] almost superficial, each with [a] small accessory scar above it, [the] anterior ones [are] slightly impressed, each with [a] low buttress-like thickening of [the] shell wall on its posterior side in some specimens, and [a] small accessory scar on its posteroventral side; [the] pallial line [is] entire. [The] surface [has] fine concentric striae. [The] original shell structure(whether nacreous or not [is] unknown. [The] habitat [is] nonmarine.) "L Cret.(?ALB.) ". 1, record 7, English, - Desertellidae
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- Desertellidae
1, record 7, French, Desertellidae
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[Les damellibranles de la famille des Desortellidae ont une] coquille équivalve, inéquilatérale, [au] bord antérieur allongé [et au] bord postérieur court. [Les] crochets [sont] opposés. [Ils ont une] carène limitant du côté postérieur une aréa plus petite que le flanc. [L'] ornementation [est] faite de fines stries concentriques et de quelques stries rayonnantes. [Ils ont une] charnière identique sur les deux valves et composée d'une fossette parallèle au bord de la coquille, d'une dent triangulaire très saillante, d'une fossette triangulaire de même forme que cette dent, d'une dent lamellaire. Ces quatre éléments sont disposés en allant du bord postérieur vers le bord antérieur sur la valve droite, et du bord antérieur vers le bord postérieur sur la valve gauche. [Ils ont une] empreinte palléale entière; deux empreintes des adducteurs; [et une] trace des insertions des muscles d'attache du pied et du sac viscéral. 1, record 7, French, - Desertellidae
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1977-07-06
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- Pinnidae
1, record 8, English, Pinnidae
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bivalves of the] family Pinnidae(...) [are] medium-sized to large, cuneiform, mytiliform or ham-shaped, mostly equivalve, a few forms distorted and inequivalve; beaks [are] at or near [the] anterior end of [a] long hinge margin; [the] ventral margins(...) [have a] long narrow gape near [the] anterior end for protrusion of [a] bunch of long silky byssal threads; [the] posterior margin [is] gaping in [a] dead shell, [the] living animal [is] capable of closing [the] gape by action of [the] adductor muscles owing to [the] flexible nature of [the] ostracum; [these bivalves are] dimyarian, with [the] anterior adductor relatively small and placed in [the] anterior angle of [the] shell, and [the] posterior adductor [is] large, situated at or slightly anterior to midlenght; [the] hinge [is] edentulous; [the] ligament [is] linear, subinternal, extending along [the] whole length of [the] hinge margin, its posterior part formed by [a] "fusion layer"; some specimens(...) [have] valves completely fused along [the] posterodorsal margin; [the] ostracum(...) [has an] outer layer of prismatic calcite, very thick in some forms, and [a] thin inner nacreous layer absent from [the] part of [the] shell beyond [the] posterior adductors. "L. Carb.-Rec. ". 1, record 8, English, - Pinnidae
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- Pinnidae
1, record 8, French, Pinnidae
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Pinnidae [ont une] coquille pouvant atteindre une très grande longueur (...) [, une] forme générale triangulaire; [le] crochet [est] terminal et pointu; [la] coquille [est] bâillante; [le] byssus [est] soyeux; [la] charnière [est] sans dents; [le] ligament [est] long, linéaire; [ils ont] deux muscles adducteurs, l'antérieur [est] petit. La couche prismatique de la coquille est très développée; les prismes se rencontrent à l'état isolé dans les roches sédimentaires. 1, record 8, French, - Pinnidae
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
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