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Record 1 2011-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

The host Bluebell limestone ... occupies the western limb of a ... northerly trending antiform.

OBS

antiform: Similar to an anticline, but where the relative age of the folded rocks is unknown.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Pli convexe vers le haut affectant des surfaces structurales (stratification, schistosité, foliation).

CONT

Le calcaire de Bluebell [...] dans lequel est encaissée la minéralisation, occupe le flanc ouest d'une antiforme [...] de direction nord.

OBS

Une antiforme est un faux synclinal lorsque les formations plissées sont à polarité inverse.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec l'anticlinal. Le terme «antiforme» est uniquement descriptif et n'implique rien quant à la manière dont les structures ont été acquises, ou quant à l'âge relatif des terrains.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

... a fold may be said to close upwards (antiform) or downwards (synform).

CONT

All known sulphide bodies are associated with normal faults, particularly where they cut antiform fold axes.

CONT

The overall geometry of the vein systems closely mimics the regional antiformal fold geometry in basaltic and gabbroic rocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Un pli élémentaire se compose d'une partie convexe vers le ciel ou antiforme et d'une partie concave ou synforme.

PHR

Pli antiforme.

Spanish

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