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CONTINENTAL BASEMENT [2 records]

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Record 1 1999-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

... we may infer that in the basal portions of Atlantic-type geosynclines, along the line where the continental basement gives way to an oceanic one, extensive evaporite deposits laid down during the Red Sea stage may occur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Si les causes cosmiques et tellurique de l'orogenèse sont permanentes, le matériel sur lequel elles s'exercent a perdu de sa plasticité, et l'induration progressive des socles continentaux ou cratons brassés par des orogénies successives apparaît comme une tendance majeure de l'évolution de l'écorce terrestre.

Spanish

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