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UPLIFT AXIS [2 records]

Record 1 2008-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying
CONT

Based on repeated surveying data and geologic evidence of recurrence, Henry Reid proposed the elastic rebound hypothesis -- that earthquakes represent sudden release of elastic energy along a fault resulting from a cycle of slow strain accumulation produced by relative displacements of neighboring portions of the crust.

CONT

The axis of the recent uplift, as established by repeated levelling data, is shifted to the north, and found straight above the northern slope of the old Mõniste Anticline

OBS

repeated surveying data: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arpentage
OBS

De multiples levés lithogéochimiques ont été réalisés en Ontario entre 1969 et 1993 [...] Les données recueillies seraient stockées dans la base de données lithogéochimiques de la Commission géologique de l'Ontario [...]

OBS

Des levés répétés peuvent être effectués pour quantifier la vitesse de recul des côtes et les zones de sédimentation. Les données utilisées dans le cadre du présent projet ont été recueillies en décembre 1998 [...]

OBS

données de plusieurs levés : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Ligne de direction suivant laquelle s'est opéré le soulèvement d'une chaîne de montagnes [...]

Spanish

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