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PLISSEMENT SEMBLABLE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2003-08-29
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- similar folding
1, record 1, English, similar%20folding
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
That type of folding in which each successively lower bed whows the same geometrical form as the bed above. 1, record 1, English, - similar%20folding
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Similar folding implies thinning on the limbs of the folds and thickening at the axes. Contrasts with parallel folding; supratenuous folding. 1, record 1, English, - similar%20folding
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- plissement semblable
1, record 1, French, plissement%20semblable
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Plissement semblable. Si les conditions de pression et température sont plus sévères, la roche devient déformable comme de la pâte à modeler et les strates ne jouent, dans le plissement, que le rôle purement passif de marqueurs de la déformation [...] En ce cas leurs surfaces s’espacent d’une égale valeur et se déplacent à l'intérieur des plans d’aplatissement : leur dessin est semblable d’une surface à la suivante [...] 1, record 1, French, - plissement%20semblable
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1977-04-19
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- symmigmatic folding 1, record 2, English, symmigmatic%20folding
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The debris of the rock framework form kinds of partitions or "septa", between granitic veinlets of migmatites. These partitions become stretched, frayed and twisted in the mobilization of the rock mass. The granitic veinlets show a foliation resembling a fluidity. This foliation becomes discordant in separated parts of the migmatite within short distances, and very often even angular folds of septa are found in abrupt disharmony with other portions in the immediate neighborhood (...) This type of folding is called "symmigmatic" folding by M. Roques (1941). 1, record 2, English, - symmigmatic%20folding
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- plissement symmigmatique
1, record 2, French, plissement%20symmigmatique
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Dans la mobilisation du milieu les septums s’étirent, s’effilochent, se tordent. Les veinules d’ichor présentent une foliation semblable à une fluidalité. Il arrive souvent qu'elle soit discordante entre des parties de la migmatite séparées par une petite distance, et même très souvent que des plis aigus des septums se trouvent en brusque dysharmonie entre des points tout voisins(...) C'est un type de déformation nommé "plissement symmigmatique"(...) 1, record 2, French, - plissement%20symmigmatique
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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