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BONNET PLUME BASIN [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1999-07-19
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Bonnet Plume Basin
1, record 1, English, Bonnet%20Plume%20Basin
correct, see observation, Canada
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context. 2, record 1, English, - Bonnet%20Plume%20Basin
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
In the vicinity of Bonnet Plume Basin where the Richardson and Mackenzie Mountains merge very gently folded and tilted non-marine beds of the late Upper Cretaceous or early Tertiary Bonnet Plume Formation lie with angular unconformity on deformed Palezoic and Proterozoic rocks. 3, record 1, English, - Bonnet%20Plume%20Basin
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- bassin de Plume-du-Bonnet
1, record 1, French, bassin%20de%20Plume%2Ddu%2DBonnet
correct, see observation, masculine noun, Canada
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- bassin de Bonnet Plume 1, record 1, French, bassin%20de%20Bonnet%20Plume
correct, see observation, masculine noun, Canada
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas. 2, record 1, French, - bassin%20de%20Plume%2Ddu%2DBonnet
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte. 2, record 1, French, - bassin%20de%20Plume%2Ddu%2DBonnet
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
À proximité du bassin de Plume-du-Bonnet, où les chaînons Richardson et les monts Mackenzie fusionnent, les couches non marines, très peu plissées et inclinées, de la formation de Bonnet Plume, de la fin du Crétacé supérieur ou du début du tertiaire, reposent en discordance angulaire sur les roches déformées du Paléozoïque et du Protérozoïque. 3, record 1, French, - bassin%20de%20Plume%2Ddu%2DBonnet
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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