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UPPER CRETACEOUS [2 records]

Record 1 2011-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
OBS

upper : Pertaining to rocks or strata that are normally above those of earlier formations of the same subdivision of rocks. ... The initial letter of the term is capitalized to indicate a formal subdivision ... and is lowercased to indicate an informal subdivision ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
CONT

Le crétacé est le plus souvent subdivisé en inférieur et supérieur, mais une subdivision en trois séries (crétacé inférieur, moyen et supérieur) paraît se justifier.

CONT

Les intrusions granitiques des Carpates méridionales sont du Crétacé supérieur [...]

OBS

Une flore (ou une faune) fossile provenant du crétacé supérieur est dite «supracrétacée», alors que celle qui provient du crétacé inférieur est qualifiée de «infracrétacée».

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
CONT

Upper Cretaceous sequences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
CONT

Séquences du Crétacé supérieur.

Spanish

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