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ZONA CONSUNCION [2 records]

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Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

[The] place where an oceanic tectonic plate dives under either a continental plate or under another oceanic plate.

CONT

A subduction zone is typically marked by an oceanic trench, lines of volcanoes and crustal deformation associated with mountain building.

OBS

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

PHR

Active, extinct subduction zone.

PHR

Subduction zone boundary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

Zone de convergence où une portion de la lithosphère océanique s'enfonce sous une plaque continentale ou une autre plaque océanique, avec formation d'une fosse océanique et accompagnée d'un volcanisme actif.

OBS

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

PHR

Zone de subduction active. Ancienne zone de subduction.

PHR

Frontière formée de zones de subduction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica de placas
  • Vulcanología y sismología
DEF

Zona marginal en la que una placa cortical es absorbida, bajo otra placa, por el manto superior, a lo largo de una superficie sísmica de Benioff.

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Record 2 2011-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

The sinking of an oceanic lithospheric plate beneath an overriding lithospheric plate at a convergent plate boundary.

OBS

The overriding plate may be oceanic or continental.

OBS

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

PHR

Subduction of oceanic plates beneath continents.

PHR

Plate subduction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
DEF

Enfoncement d’une plaque lithosphérique océanique sous une plaque lithosphérique chevauchante à la limite de plaques convergentes.

OBS

La plaque chevauchante peut être une plaque océanique ou une plaque continentale.

OBS

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

PHR

Subduction de plaques océaniques sous les continents.

PHR

Subduction de plaque.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica de placas
DEF

Fenómeno geológico según el cual una placa se hunde bajo otra contigua, hasta ser absorbida por el manto.

CONT

La superficie a lo largo de la cual se verifica el fenómeno se denomina superficie de Benioff, y la zona en la que ello ocurre se llama de subducción o de consunción.

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