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SUPRASTRUCTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

The upper structural layer in an orogenic belt, as opposed to an underlying metamorphosed infrastructure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
OBS

La zone supérieure [des chaînes de montagnes] est nommée la «superstructure» [de l'édifice orogénique]. Entre l'infrastructure et la superstructure, toutes deux puissamment déformées par les mouvements orogéniques, il y a une complète dysharmonie dans le style de la déformation. En haut : des plis à charnières larges, des plis couchés ou des nappes de style alpin.

Spanish

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