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Record 1 2004-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

One of a series of minor faults at the extremities of a major fault; the fault pattern formed by splaying out.

CONT

Mineralized shear veins or portions of veins commonly occur at splays and intersections of shear zones, at bends in the general trend of the host structure ...

OBS

[Splays are] associated with rifts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Des filons ou des portions de filons de cisaillement minéralisés sont souvent situés aux points de divergence et à l'intersection des zones de cisaillement, dans des coudes qui provoquent un changement de la direction générale de la structure hôte [...]

Spanish

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