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FAULT-FOLD [2 records]

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Record 1 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A fault formed in causal connection with folding.

OBS

folding: The folding or bending of strata is usually the result of compression that causes the formation of the geologic structures known as anticlines, synclines, monoclines, isoclines, etc. ... There are four principal types of folding recognized by geologists: flexure folding; flow folding; shear folding; and folding due to vertical movements.

PHR

Reverse fault-fold.

Key term(s)
  • folded fault

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Type de pli déversé ou couché, dont le flanc inverse a été laminé.

PHR

Pli-faille inverse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 2 1999-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geology
DEF

A structure that is associated with a combination of folding and nearly vertical faulting, in which crustal material that has been fractured into elongate strips tends to drape over the uplifted areas to resemble anticlines, and to crumple into the downthrown areas to resemble synclines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géologie
DEF

Faille d'abord subverticale puis déformée près de la surface topographique par une contrainte horizontale.

OBS

À la suite d'une compression postérieure à distension, un pli pourra se greffer sur une faille normale [...]; on aura alors une faille-pli, inverse en surface et normale en profondeur.

Spanish

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