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Record 1 2009-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

Basalt volcanic centers in the southern Great Basin are most common in: (1) ring-fracture zones of cauldron complexes; (2) rift grabens that cut cauldron complexes; and (3) rift grabens outside volcanic source areas.

CONT

The rhyolites, which were previously mapped as Eocene, are reinterpreted to be part of a previously unrecognized mid-Cretaceous cauldron subsidence complex.

OBS

cauldron complex; cauldron subsidence complex: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • caldron subsidence complex

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

Les rhyolites, antérieurement cartographiées comme datant de l'Éocène, sont réinterprétées comme faisant partie d'un complexe de cuvettes d'effondrement auparavant non reconnues et qui dateraient du Crétacé moyen.

OBS

complexe formé par subsidence en chaudron : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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