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Record 1 2004-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Forme d'inversion du relief, due à la disparition des couches supérieures, dans l'axe de chacun des anticlinaux encadrant un synclinal, jusqu'à ce que l'altitude au fond du synclinal soit devenue supérieure à celle du sommet des anticlinaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
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