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Record 1 1992-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Metals Mining
CONT

The Blue veins usually offset the Anaconda veins with a sinistral tear movement and sometimes ore has been dragged from the Anaconda into the Blue veins by this fault movement.

CONT

Epigenetic ores, developed in dilatant zones along faults, often show signs of dynamic effects (brecciation, plastic flowage, etc.) due to fault movements during and after mineralization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

(...) si deux compartiments voisins du sol ont bougé en sens inverse l'un de l'autre par suite d'un mouvement de faille, la ligne de faille à la surface du terrain limite les deux types de mouvement.

Spanish

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