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SINISTRAL SHEAR [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

Banded gneiss with dike of granite orthogneiss with sinistral shear.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

La zone de cisaillement dextre de la mer du Japon est incluse dans cette zone de cisaillement sénestre limitée au sud et au nord par le Qinling Shan et les Monts Stanovoï. [...] La rotation anti-horaire du Japon NE est attribué au cisaillement sénestre.

OBS

Senestre, ou sénestre, est un terme en vieux français [...] signifiant gauche, par opposition à dextre.

OBS

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

Spanish

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