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EPISODE ACTIVITE TECTONIQUE [2 records]

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Record 1 2008-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

... all movement of the crust produced by earth forces, including the formation of ocean basins, continents, plateaus, and mountain ranges, etc.

CONT

The volatiles responsible for pegmatite and hornblendite development may have been derived from adjacent, contemporaneous granitoid rocks during tectonism.

OBS

Orogeny and epeirogeny are major subdivisions [of diastrophism].

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Ensemble des déformations et des dislocations subies par de vastes parties de l’écorce terrestre.

CONT

Les éléments volatils à l'origine de la formation de pegmatite et de hornblendite ont peut-être été libérés par des roches granitoïdes contemporaines situées à proximité au cours d’un épisode d’activité tectonique.

OBS

diastrophisme; tectonique : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
DEF

Conjunto de las deformaciones lentas de la corteza terrestre.

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Record 2 2008-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
DEF

Originating or occurring in and often lasting through the same era or epoch.

CONT

Three broad groups of ultrabasic and basic bodies can be seen in this setting: bodies coeval with eugeosynclinal volcanism; syntectonic alpine-type bodies; and late tectonic ... concentric complexes.

CONT

Considering all the deposits together, copper porphyries formed first followed by the coeval development of separate copper and mobybdenum porphyries ...

OBS

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

PHR

Coeval granitoid rocks; contemporaneous granitoid rocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie
CONT

[...] intrusions mafiques-ultramafiques [...] encaissées dans des roches granitoïdes d’âge identique ou presque.

CONT

Les éléments volatils de la formation de pegmatite et de hornblendite ont peut-être été libérés par des roches granitoïdes contemporaines situées à proximité au cours d’un épisode d’activité tectonique.

OBS

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

Spanish

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