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GEOLOGIA [19 records]

Record 1 2024-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Engineering
DEF

A branch of geology that deals with the application of geology to engineering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Ingénierie
DEF

Branche de la géologie qui vise à appliquer les méthodes et les principes de la géologie aux projets d'ingénierie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Ingeniería
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Record 2 2024-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Environmental Management
CONT

Environmental geology … deals with the relationship between people and their environment. The main emphasis is on natural hazards, and the ecological problems created by human activities.

Key term(s)
  • geo-ecology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Gestion environnementale
DEF

Application de la géologie aux problèmes liés aux activités humaines et [à] leur impact sur l'environnement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
DEF

Ciencia que se ocupa de los principios y conocimientos geológicos para la prevención, atenuación o resolución de problemas ambientales.

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Record 3 2022-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Geology
CONT

Marine geology focuses on areas affected by ... oceans including the deep ocean floor, the shallower slopes and shelves that surround the continents, and coastal areas like beaches and estuaries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Branche de la géologie qui étudie la partie de la Terre couverte par la mer[,] c'est-à-dire les fonds océaniques, leur nature, leur morphologie, leur structure, ainsi que les processus qui ont modelé leur forme présente et passée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
  • Geología
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Record 4 2013-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

A branch of geology that deals with the chronology of the events in the Earth's history.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

[Branche de la géologie qui] décrit la succession des événements géologiques, au cours des temps, et s'efforce de l'expliquer.

OBS

Sa partie principale, et son fondement, est la «stratigraphie» [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
DEF

Rama de la Geología que estudia la sucesión temporal de los diferentes estudios temporal de los diferentes estudios del desarrollo de la Tierra, hasta llegar a la configuración actual.

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Record 5 2010-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Geology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Geología
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Record 6 2004-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

The science that relates to the study of the structure, origin, history, and developments of the earth and its inhabitants as revealed in the study of rocks, structures and fossils.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Science qui a pour objet l'histoire du globe terrestre, et spécialement l'étude de la structure et de l'évolution de l'écorce terrestre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
DEF

Ciencia que estudia la estructura y el desarrollo de la Tierra, especialmente la litosfera.

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Record 7 2004-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

Scientific discipline that is concerned with rock deformation of large and small scale and, hence, with the study of faulting, folding, and crumpling of rock strata of the Earth's crust and the effects of these processes ...

OBS

[The] study of the largest structural features, such as rift valleys, midoceanic ridges, or the distribution of continents and ocean basins, is variously termed ... geotectonics ...

OBS

Tectonics ... is closely related to structural geology, with which the distinctions are blurred, but tectonics generally deals with larger features.

OBS

for "tectonics": This nuance is not made by many authors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Branche de la géologie qui étudie les déformations de l'écorce terrestre.

OBS

Son domaine est celui des structures acquises par les roches à la suite de leur déformation. C'est pourquoi elle est aussi appelée «géologie structurale».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
DEF

Disciplina científica que estudia la deformación de las capas geológicas.

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Record 8 2003-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Geology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Geología
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Record 9 2003-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Geology
OBS

Russia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Geología
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Record 10 2003-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Geology
OBS

Indonesia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Géologie
Key term(s)
  • Institut de géologie marin

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Geología
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Record 11 2002-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Geology
OBS

The International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG) was founded in 1964 and is affiliated to the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). IAEG is a worldwide scientific society with more than 5500 members in 66 National Groups and in individual memberships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Geología
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Record 12 2002-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Geology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Geología
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Record 13 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Courses
  • Training of Personnel
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geology
OBS

UN [United Nations]/GDR. In reference to UN Programme on Space Applications, Dresden, October 6-23, 1987.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Télédétection
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de cursos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Teledetección
  • Geología
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Record 14 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Nuclear Science and Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Ciencia y tecnología nucleares
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Record 15 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Geology
OBS

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; a project.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Geología
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Record 16 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Environment
  • Geology
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

ESCAP [Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific] project. Report to be issued by year-end 1996.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Environnement
  • Géologie
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas y cursos
  • Medio ambiente
  • Geología
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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Record 17 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Radioactive Ores (Mining)
  • Geology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Minerais radioactifs (Mines métalliques)
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de sistemas
  • Minerales radioactivos (Minas metálicas)
  • Geología
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Record 18 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • Tin (Metallurgy)
OBS

Nanning, China; October-November 1984.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Étain (Métallurgie)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reuniones
  • Estaño (Metalurgia)
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Record 19 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Courses
  • Training of Personnel
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geology
OBS

UN Programme on Space Applications/Government of Germany.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Télédétection
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de cursos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Teledetección
  • Geología
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