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EPISODE RIFTING [2 records]

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Record 1 2009-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A breaking apart, divergence of continents along a common boundary.

CONT

The arsenide silver-cobalt vein deposits ... are localized in areas affected by basinal subsidence and rifting ...

OBS

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

PHR

Phase of rifting.

PHR

Rifting cycle, process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Début d’une ouverture tectonique, pouvant conduire à une océanisation.

CONT

Les gîtes filoniens d’argent-cobalt à arséniures [...] se rencontrent dans des régions ayant été le siège d’un rifting et d’une subsidence de bassin [...]

OBS

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

PHR

Cycle, épisode, processus de rifting.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

... lithospheric mantle affected by earlier subduction or rifting events ...

OBS

rifting event; rift event: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

[...] un manteau lithosphérique qui conserve la trace de processus de subduction ou de rifting antérieurs [...]

CONT

L'ouverture de la Téthys alpine à proprement parler débute par un épisode de rifting, s’opérant sur un méga-continent, la Pangée, commençant au Trias.

OBS

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

Spanish

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