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GEOSINCLINAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A part of the surface of the earth that sank deeply over a long period of time; a great trough hundreds of miles long and tens of miles wide that received thousands of feet of sedimentary and volcanic rock over millions of years.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Profonde dépression de l'écorce terrestre partiellement comblée par une couche épaisse de sédiments.

OBS

Pluriel : géosynclinaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
DEF

Región de sedimentación y de hundimiento de la corteza terrestre.

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