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SHEAR ZONE [3 records]

Record 1 2010-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A tabular zone of rock that has been crushed and brecciated by many parallel fractures due to shear strain.

CONT

A prominent element of this deformation is the east-north-east-trending South Range shear zone that transects the southern part of the Sudbury basin.

OBS

Such an area is often mineralized by ore-forming solution.

OBS

shear zone: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Une entité importante résultant de cette déformation est la zone de cisaillement de South Range, de direction est-nord-est, qui recoupe la partie sud du bassin de Sudbury.

OBS

zone de cisaillement : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
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Record 2 2006-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
  • Tectonics
DEF

A zone of closely spaced fractures whether mineralized or not.

CONT

Nature of ore zones. Extensive replacement deposits or fracture-filling. ... Tabular bodies, sheeted zones, stockworks, pipes, saddle-reefs, bedding-surface deposits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
  • Tectonique

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

A region in which ice forms in a shifting and sliding blanket not attached to either the ice formed along the coast or the polar ice pack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
CONT

La zone de cisaillement s'étend au-delà de la glace de rive, vers le large; elle est produite par le déplacement du pack contre la glace littorale qui est accrochée à la côte.

Spanish

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