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FAULTING [15 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2009-02-09
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- strike-slip movement
1, record 1, English, strike%2Dslip%20movement
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- strike-slip motion 2, record 1, English, strike%2Dslip%20motion
correct
- strike-slip faulting 1, record 1, English, strike%2Dslip%20faulting
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Over a much shorter length, the South Sandwich arc also shows as a region of compression bordered by strike-slip motion, smaller, however (2 to 4 cm-y.). 3, record 1, English, - strike%2Dslip%20movement
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
strike-slip movement; strike-slip motion; strike-slip faulting: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 4, record 1, English, - strike%2Dslip%20movement
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- mouvement de coulissage
1, record 1, French, mouvement%20de%20coulissage
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- coulissage 2, record 1, French, coulissage
correct, masculine noun
- jeu des décrochements 3, record 1, French, jeu%20des%20d%C3%A9crochements
masculine noun
- mouvement cisaillant 3, record 1, French, mouvement%20cisaillant
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Sur une longueur beaucoup plus faible, l'arc des Antilles du Sud apparaît de même comme un lieu de compression encadré de coulissages, d'ailleurs moindres (2 à 4 cm-an). 4, record 1, French, - mouvement%20de%20coulissage
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
coulissage; jeu des décrochements; mouvement cisaillant : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 5, record 1, French, - mouvement%20de%20coulissage
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2009-01-22
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- block faulting
1, record 2, English, block%20faulting
correct, see observation
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- blockfaulting 2, record 2, English, blockfaulting
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A type of normal faulting in which the crust is divided into structural or fault blocks of different elevations. 3, record 2, English, - block%20faulting
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Block faulting, breccia development, and minor structural adjustments in the host rocks are common ... 4, record 2, English, - block%20faulting
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
block faulting: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 2, English, - block%20faulting
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- morcellement en bloc par des failles
1, record 2, French, morcellement%20en%20bloc%20par%20des%20failles
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- morcellement par failles 2, record 2, French, morcellement%20par%20failles
correct, see observation, masculine noun
- failles de blocs 1, record 2, French, failles%20de%20blocs
feminine noun, plural
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Un morcellement par failles, une bréchification et des ajustements structuraux mineurs dans les roches hôtes sont fréquemment observés [...] 1, record 2, French, - morcellement%20en%20bloc%20par%20des%20failles
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
morcellement par failles : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 3, record 2, French, - morcellement%20en%20bloc%20par%20des%20failles
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2006-11-15
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- normal faulting
1, record 3, English, normal%20faulting
correct, see observation
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The break was probably not clean, but probably involved necking and thinning of the crust by both normal faulting and plastic stretching. 2, record 3, English, - normal%20faulting
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Normal faulting is now thought to be an important way in which metamorphic rocks come to be at the earth's surface today. 3, record 3, English, - normal%20faulting
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
normal faulting: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 4, record 3, English, - normal%20faulting
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- formation de failles normales
1, record 3, French, formation%20de%20failles%20normales
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- jeu de failles normales 2, record 3, French, jeu%20de%20failles%20normales
correct, see observation, masculine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La cassure n'était probablement pas franche, caractérisée peut-être par une extension et un amincissement de la croûte découlant de la formation de failles normales et d'un étirement plastique. 3, record 3, French, - formation%20de%20failles%20normales
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Une sédimentation, parfois sableuse mais surtout marneuse et marno-calcaire comble les zones subsidentes au fur et a mesure de leur enfoncement. Cette subsidence se fait par le jeu de failles normales. 4, record 3, French, - formation%20de%20failles%20normales
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
jeu de failles normales : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 5, record 3, French, - formation%20de%20failles%20normales
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2006-11-10
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Road Maintenance
- Road Construction
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- slab stepping
1, record 4, English, slab%20stepping
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- stepping 2, record 4, English, stepping
correct
- step-off 2, record 4, English, step%2Doff
correct
- step faulting 2, record 4, English, step%20faulting
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A gradually developing and sometimes permanently and irreversibly established difference in level between the edges of transverse joints in a concrete pavement. 1, record 4, English, - slab%20stepping
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
slab stepping: term and definition proposed by the World Road Association. 3, record 4, English, - slab%20stepping
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Entretien des routes
- Construction des voies de circulation
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- décalage de dalles
1, record 4, French, d%C3%A9calage%20de%20dalles
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- marche d'escalier 2, record 4, French, marche%20d%27escalier
correct, feminine noun
- décalage 3, record 4, French, d%C3%A9calage
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Dénivellation progressive qui, dans certaines circonstances, s'établit de façon permanente et irréversible entre les bords des joints transversaux d'un revêtement en béton. 1, record 4, French, - d%C3%A9calage%20de%20dalles
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Décalage ou marche d'escalier. Cette dénivellation entre deux dalles successives ou entre deux parties d'une dalle fissurée indique un mauvais transfert de charge entre deux dalles, un manque de support de la fondation ou un gonflement par le gel de l'eau accumulé sous la dalle. 3, record 4, French, - d%C3%A9calage%20de%20dalles
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
marche d'escalier : terme et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la Route. 4, record 4, French, - d%C3%A9calage%20de%20dalles
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2006-05-16
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- faulting
1, record 5, English, faulting
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- faultage 2, record 5, English, faultage
correct
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The movement which produces relative displacement of adjacent rock masses along a fracture. 3, record 5, English, - faulting
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Mineable thicknesses of ore ... may consist of deposits where the ore beds are repeated by folding and faulting ... 4, record 5, English, - faulting
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Deep faulting. 5, record 5, English, - faulting
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- formation des failles
1, record 5, French, formation%20des%20failles
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- formation de failles 2, record 5, French, formation%20de%20failles
correct, feminine noun
- dislocation par des failles 2, record 5, French, dislocation%20par%20des%20failles
correct, feminine noun
- déformation par failles 2, record 5, French, d%C3%A9formation%20par%20failles
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Un relâchement soudain de la pression des fluides hydrothermaux (p. ex. par la formation de failles) peut entraîner une bréchification, se manifestant par des unités légèrement déplacées à complètement broyées dans les roches à comportement fragile [...] 2, record 5, French, - formation%20des%20failles
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Formation de failles profondes. 2, record 5, French, - formation%20des%20failles
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2006-02-28
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- imbricate thrust faulting
1, record 6, English, imbricate%20thrust%20faulting
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Sawtooth Range is one of the best exposed example of imbricate thrust faulting in the foreland fold and thrust belt of the western United States. It is an outstanding field classroom for the demonstration of stratal shortening and the various structural features associated with thrust belt terranes. 2, record 6, English, - imbricate%20thrust%20faulting
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- failles de chevauchement imbriquées
1, record 6, French, failles%20de%20chevauchement%20imbriqu%C3%A9es
feminine noun, plural
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- formation de coins ou d'écailles 2, record 6, French, formation%20de%20coins%20ou%20d%27%C3%A9cailles
feminine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'analyse structurale [...] nous permet d'affirmer qu'une partie des failles de chevauchement imbriquées [...] affecte la formation d'Ascot-Weedon [...] 1, record 6, French, - failles%20de%20chevauchement%20imbriqu%C3%A9es
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT
La rupture s'effectue généralement suivant une surface unique. Si, en revanche, elle se produit selon une famille de plans sécants, le déplacement des blocs ainsi isolés conduit à la formation de coins ou d'écailles. 2, record 6, French, - failles%20de%20chevauchement%20imbriqu%C3%A9es
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La rupture d'un pli couché par cisaillement ou étirement suivie de glissement conduit à un pli-faille. (Géologie, objets et méthodes, Dercourt et Paquet, p. 233). 2, record 6, French, - failles%20de%20chevauchement%20imbriqu%C3%A9es
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2005-09-30
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- synsedimentary faulting
1, record 7, English, synsedimentary%20faulting
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- jeu de failles synsédimentaires
1, record 7, French, jeu%20de%20failles%20syns%C3%A9dimentaires
correct, masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 2005-09-29
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- transcurrent faulting
1, record 8, English, transcurrent%20faulting
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... the second- and third-order basins are interpreted as rhombochasms or pull-apart basins associated with transcurrent faulting in a sedimentary basin. 1, record 8, English, - transcurrent%20faulting
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- jeu de failles de coulissage
1, record 8, French, jeu%20de%20failles%20de%20coulissage
correct, masculine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] les bassins de deuxième et de troisième ordres sont interprétés comme des rhombochasmes ou des bassins de transtension associés au jeu de failles de coulissage dans un bassin sédimentaire. 1, record 8, French, - jeu%20de%20failles%20de%20coulissage
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 2005-05-08
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- listric faulting
1, record 9, English, listric%20faulting
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- formation de failles listriques
1, record 9, French, formation%20de%20failles%20listriques
correct, feminine noun
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 2005-05-08
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Translation (General)
- Tectonics
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- pervasive faulting
1, record 10, English, pervasive%20faulting
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
This basement has been "loosened" by pervasive faulting during east-west extension and uplift during the Eocene, which accompanied emplacement of high level granitic and volcanic rocks. 1, record 10, English, - pervasive%20faulting
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Traduction (Généralités)
- Tectonique
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- formation répandue de failles
1, record 10, French, formation%20r%C3%A9pandue%20de%20failles
correct, feminine noun
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Ce socle a subi un «relâchement» consécutif à la formation répandue de failles au cours d'un épisode tectonique d'extension est-ouest et de soulèvement à l'Éocène, qui a accompagné la mise en place de roches granitiques à faible profondeur et l'épanchement de roches volcaniques. 1, record 10, French, - formation%20r%C3%A9pandue%20de%20failles
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
Record 11 - internal organization data 2004-03-09
Record 11, English
Record 11, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 11, Main entry term, English
- crustal-scale faulting
1, record 11, English, crustal%2Dscale%20faulting
correct
Record 11, Abbreviations, English
Record 11, Synonyms, English
Record 11, Textual support, English
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT
About one-half of unkown carbonatites are located in topographic highs or domes, which ... are bounded by zones of crustal-scale faulting ... 1, record 11, English, - crustal%2Dscale%20faulting
Record 11, Key term(s)
- crustal scale faulting
Record 11, French
Record 11, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 11, Main entry term, French
- failles d'échelle crustale
1, record 11, French, failles%20d%27%C3%A9chelle%20crustale
correct, feminine noun, plural
Record 11, Abbreviations, French
Record 11, Synonyms, French
Record 11, Textual support, French
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Environ la moitié des carbonatites connues sont localisées dans des hauteurs topographiques ou dômes [...] et sont limitées par des zones de failles d'échelle crustale [...] 1, record 11, French, - failles%20d%27%C3%A9chelle%20crustale
Record 11, Spanish
Record 11, Textual support, Spanish
Record 12 - internal organization data 2003-10-03
Record 12, English
Record 12, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 12, Main entry term, English
- quasiconformable faulting
1, record 12, English, quasiconformable%20faulting
correct
Record 12, Abbreviations, English
Record 12, Synonyms, English
Record 12, French
Record 12, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 12, Main entry term, French
- formation de failles quasi concordantes
1, record 12, French, formation%20de%20failles%20quasi%20concordantes
correct, feminine noun
Record 12, Abbreviations, French
Record 12, Synonyms, French
Record 12, Textual support, French
Record 12, Spanish
Record 12, Textual support, Spanish
Record 13 - internal organization data 2003-05-28
Record 13, English
Record 13, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 13, Main entry term, English
- zone of wrench faulting
1, record 13, English, zone%20of%20wrench%20faulting
correct
Record 13, Abbreviations, English
Record 13, Synonyms, English
Record 13, Textual support, English
Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT
This discontinuity marks a zone of wrench faulting, which runs at an oblique angle across the fold axes of the Mackenzie and Franklin mountains towards the Smith Arm of Great Bear Lake ... 1, record 13, English, - zone%20of%20wrench%20faulting
Record 13, Key term(s)
- wrench faulting zone
Record 13, French
Record 13, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 13, Main entry term, French
- zone de failles verticales de décrochement
1, record 13, French, zone%20de%20failles%20verticales%20de%20d%C3%A9crochement
feminine noun
Record 13, Abbreviations, French
Record 13, Synonyms, French
Record 13, Textual support, French
Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Cette discordance marque une zone de failles verticales de décrochement qui croisent obliquement l'axe de plissement des monts Mackenzie et Franklin vers le bras Smith du Grand Lac de l'Ours [...] 1, record 13, French, - zone%20de%20failles%20verticales%20de%20d%C3%A9crochement
Record 13, Spanish
Record 13, Textual support, Spanish
Record 14 - internal organization data 2002-06-26
Record 14, English
Record 14, Subject field(s)
- Metals Mining
- Tectonics
Record 14, Main entry term, English
- thickness doubling by oblique-reverse faulting
1, record 14, English, thickness%20doubling%20by%20oblique%2Dreverse%20faulting
proposal
Record 14, Abbreviations, English
Record 14, Synonyms, English
Record 14, Textual support, English
Record 14, French
Record 14, Domaine(s)
- Mines métalliques
- Tectonique
Record 14, Main entry term, French
- recoutelage
1, record 14, French, recoutelage
correct, masculine noun
Record 14, Abbreviations, French
Record 14, Synonyms, French
Record 14, Textual support, French
Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Doublement local du gisement par l'effet d'une faille oblique inverse, qui donne deux fois la même couche sur la même verticale. 2, record 14, French, - recoutelage
Record 14, Spanish
Record 14, Textual support, Spanish
Record 15 - internal organization data 1976-06-19
Record 15, English
Record 15, Subject field(s)
- Inspection for Defects (Materials Engineering)
Record 15, Main entry term, English
- contorted faulting 1, record 15, English, contorted%20faulting
Record 15, Abbreviations, English
Record 15, Synonyms, English
Record 15, French
Record 15, Domaine(s)
- Détection des défauts des matériaux
Record 15, Main entry term, French
- dislocation déformée 1, record 15, French, dislocation%20d%C3%A9form%C3%A9e
Record 15, Abbreviations, French
Record 15, Synonyms, French
Record 15, Textual support, French
Record 15, Spanish
Record 15, Textual support, Spanish
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